Sunday, May 12th; On the move again

Saturday:  Due to thunder storms we stayed in our anchorage a second day.  Had a quiet day; got caught up on most things.  It was my turn to cook tonight. 

5-11-2013 Anchorage at the Tensas River North

5-11-2013 Rafted with Roy El

Sunday: Happy Mother's Day!

Our anchor was set so tight it took me almost ½ hour to get it up and out of the mud after sitting for 2 days with a 44 foot boat rafted to us.  We left early this morning and got off to a beautiful day.  The current is still really strong.  At 1600  rpm’s we could only get up to 6.4 knots, a good 2 knots slower than usual.  There was still a lot of debris in the water until we reached Mile 45 where the Alabama River emptied into the Mobile River.  After that, we had less debris as we went north.  We met a tow with 4 full barges and he was going with the current and he went by us at 9.6 knots, unbelievable.  Keith called him and said he looked like an “Indy Car” and he replied back that he felt like one too.

We got to our anchorage by 15:00 but had a hard time setting the anchor again.  This is the 3rd time I have had trouble so far this trip.  It took me almost 20 minutes to get a good hold.  There is hardly any current in the little area we are anchored in, a big difference from last night.

CO's comments:  The weather is beautiful, the trees are green, but we went from blue, clear, water of the gulf to muddy, brown water, of inland rivers in the spring.  No more dolphins, only misquotes.

5-12-2013 Leaving anchorage at 06:00.

 

5-12-2013 Debris in river with Roy El in background.

5-12-2013 Lots of debris, including trees!

5-12-2013 Anchorage at Old Lock #1