Lat 31 24 36, Long 87 54 52, Fuel 128 gal, eng 543.57
We left around 8 and have 79 miles to go until we get to Mobile. The river at this stage is a switchback and goes around and around several times such that you may only be ¼ of a mile from a point you bave passed ½ to ¾ hour ago. The system that warns me of tows ahead quite often goes off several times before we see the tow because of the nature of the river and the fact that the system reads as the crow flies.
Ran aground again but again got our quickly because I realized what was happening. The depth sounder transducers read off mid boat but the lower part of my keel is 2 feet below the transducers. There were no marker buoys indicating to go around the area, but we are now in tidal waters and I suspect the water was lower as a result of low tide occurring at about the time I hit the mud with the stern. Fortunately my prop is protected by the stern plate.
We are seeing a lot more birds in this section of the river and even saw our first palm trees or perhaps we should call them bushes.
Around 3 we pulled into a neat little inlet and anchored in 15 feet of water. We are about 16 miles from Mobile Bay so tomorrow we should be able to smell salt water. We intend to go to Eastern Shore Marina for two nights before we go into the intracoastal waterway for our journey to the Florida panhandle. Want to make the point where we are going to cross the Gulf of Mexico by around the 25 or 26th of November. This should give us time to prepare for the trip across and wait for a good weather window.
We ended the day by going over to Next Endeavour and having cocktails and dinner with them and Quest and Moor Stuff.
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