The fleet leaving Whitten Lock (everybody is going south) 
Fall along the Tenn-Tom waterway
We are always on the lookout for a great buy on a boat ...
this one really caught our eye...
it comes with plenty of extras..
We left our anchorage at 7 a.m. after a call to the Jamie Whitten lock-tender, and as we rounded the corner of one of the "fingers" of the "Five Fingers" area of Bay Springs Lake, we were joined by a number of other "Looper" boats who had also been scattered in other anchorages there overnight.
Because the lock-tenders are very aware of the large amount of boats traveling south at this time, we were kept together as a group and transited the next two locks in quick succession. There was no use in trying to speed up to the next lock, because the lock-tender waits until all the boats in a pack catch up and enter the lock before he will lock down. Just before the last lock was about to close its doors, we were surprised to have the lock-tender hand us a holy card, something which had never happened before, but as this was a Sunday morning, we were happy to receive this sign of God's blessing on us and our journey.
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