The view from our dock at Midway Marina 
Sunset at Blue Bluff anchorage.
Despite the fact that we left the marina at 7 a.m., today turned out to be a long travel day. We transited 3 locks and went 36 miles, but we had long waits at the locks and since our "locking' group now included 2 sailboats who could only go about 6 knots, we had to wait for them to catch up with us at each lock.
The Tombigbee Waterway has now become littered with lots of floating logs and foliage caused by the flooding of the upland rivers, and we had to dodge them constantly in the 2 knot current which is thankfully running with us. By 3:30 p.m. we made a sharp turn into the narrow, shallow channel leading into Big Bluff Anchorage. Three boats were already tied up to the short T dock of this recreation area, so we dropped our anchor a little way off, and "Freedom' rafted up to us. By the time dark descended, there were eleven boats here, including the two sailboats we had previously mentioned, as well as two other "Loopers" who had run aground coming into the channel.
The Tombigbee Waterway has now become littered with lots of floating logs and foliage caused by the flooding of the upland rivers, and we had to dodge them constantly in the 2 knot current which is thankfully running with us. By 3:30 p.m. we made a sharp turn into the narrow, shallow channel leading into Big Bluff Anchorage. Three boats were already tied up to the short T dock of this recreation area, so we dropped our anchor a little way off, and "Freedom' rafted up to us. By the time dark descended, there were eleven boats here, including the two sailboats we had previously mentioned, as well as two other "Loopers" who had run aground coming into the channel.
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