"Tenn -Tombigbee" Waterway 
Fall is in the air as we head south looking for warmer weather
Sunset at our anchorage in MississippiThe rain finally stopped early this morning, and after a brief delay to look for our missing storm gear jackets which we had inadvertently left in the marina's courtesy van, we made our way out of Grand Harbor at 9 a.m.
We will be traveling down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway for 234 miles to Demopolis, Alabama and then an additional 217 miles down the Black Warrior- Tombigbee Waterway to Mobile, Alabama over the next two weeks. The connecting of the Tennessee River with the Tombigbee River, a 14 year Army Corps of Engineers earth-moving project, moved more soil than the building of the Panama Canal. It is the building of this man-made waterway that has made the "Great Loop" journey around the Gulf Coast, East Coast, and Canadian and Midwest waterways possible.
We cruised 36 miles today down this lovely canal lined with autumn foliage that finally opened up into wide Bay Springs Lake. Finally we turned into the Five Finger anchorage where we had a choice of beautiful locations to stop. We dropped our anchor, and "Freedom" rafted up to us for the evening. The Newtons invited us over for "Happy Hour" and Sallyann made a delicious bread which was topped with tomatoes, onions, and pepperoni and then expertly grilled outside by Andrew. Their "boat cat", Tut, decided to take a tour of the outside decks of "Reflection" while we were eating and returned "home" an exhausted adventurer. Our night at anchor was quiet and cozy, but spectacular with stars, an almost-full moon, and chilly temperatures in the very low 40s.
We will be traveling down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway for 234 miles to Demopolis, Alabama and then an additional 217 miles down the Black Warrior- Tombigbee Waterway to Mobile, Alabama over the next two weeks. The connecting of the Tennessee River with the Tombigbee River, a 14 year Army Corps of Engineers earth-moving project, moved more soil than the building of the Panama Canal. It is the building of this man-made waterway that has made the "Great Loop" journey around the Gulf Coast, East Coast, and Canadian and Midwest waterways possible.
We cruised 36 miles today down this lovely canal lined with autumn foliage that finally opened up into wide Bay Springs Lake. Finally we turned into the Five Finger anchorage where we had a choice of beautiful locations to stop. We dropped our anchor, and "Freedom" rafted up to us for the evening. The Newtons invited us over for "Happy Hour" and Sallyann made a delicious bread which was topped with tomatoes, onions, and pepperoni and then expertly grilled outside by Andrew. Their "boat cat", Tut, decided to take a tour of the outside decks of "Reflection" while we were eating and returned "home" an exhausted adventurer. Our night at anchor was quiet and cozy, but spectacular with stars, an almost-full moon, and chilly temperatures in the very low 40s.
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