We had a beautiful day to travel on the water; mid 80's and sunny. We went through our first lock today since November 9, 2010, the Coffeeville Lock in Alabama. This makes a total of 47 lock so far on our trip. This lock was opened manually. The Lock Master just opened the doors a little and let water flow in. When it reached the proper level; 2 1/2', he finished opening the doors and we left. This is the first lock we have seen like this. We had a short day (15.1 miles) and got here about 11:00. We took a walk and saw a huge alligator; at first in the water by the camp, and on our way back he was up on land sunning himself. He had to be at least 6 feet long. Keith washed the boat and we just enjoyed the rest of the afternoon.
CO's comments: We were tied up at this neat little campground. In comes a sailboat that was at least 36' in length. He was coming into the dock like a "bat out of hell". He finally realizing he was coming too fast, and he put his little motor into full reverse to no avail. He ran the bow of his boat completely on shore (beached it). It is a good thing the ground was mostly mud and small rocks or he could have done some damage to his boat. (Deep down, I think he would rather have a "go fast" than a sailboat!-personal opinion only)
N26 43.390
W81 41.456
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| Franklin Lock Corp of Engineers Campground |
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| Dolphins (free tie ups) at the campground |
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| Alligator at the campground |
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| Awesome tree |
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| Alligator sunning himself |
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