Sunday: We got an early start with engines running by 06:05 and moving by 06:15. It was about 70 degrees and overcast. It was good to be back on the water. By 11:30 it was 75 and sunny when we got to our original anchorage at Mile 135.0. We decided to go a few more hours to make our day a short one tomorrow. We set anchor at Mile 169.5 in Shallow Bluff Island; by then it was 85 and hot. We have been in this anchorage before. On September 17, 2010, we anchored here for three days. It is very nice with lots of swing room; we put out 60 feet of rode. We got settled in and relaxed as 05:00 came a little too early this morning. We traveled a total of 74 miles today at 1600 RPM's.
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CO's comments: Sure feels good to be on move again. After we went under the Johnsonville RR bridge and bridge tender called and asked us to go the Channel 12. He wanted to know what kind of engines we had on the boat. I told him we had twin Perkins diesel V8's and he came back and stated that they were the smoothest sounding engines he had heard in a long time. It makes a Skipper feel good when he gets a comment like that.
8-18-2013: Sun Rise leaving Pebble Isle
8-18-2013: Bow view from our anchorage
8-18-2013: Aft view of barge going by our anchorage
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