Miscellaneous Pictures

November 7

Still in Mobile Alabama.  We planned to leave this morning but we are socked in because of gusty winds.  Mobile Bay can be a little nasty in heavy winds and we decided another day in port was okay.  So I'm doing laundry and Kerm is working in the engine room...big surprise.

Thought I'd look through my camera and see what might be interesting to you and that I haven't had time to post.  Here goes-

A Rossborough pocket trawler on Pickwick Lake blowing by Southern Belle

Cruising entails some bookwork...research, planning and recording

Linda...nice huh?

At Cuba Landing Marina...I teased these people that they had the biggest catch of the day.  Yes, that is a big old tree they were taking home with them

Cool cruiser...literally

Carrie, this one's for you.  That's a Bald Eagle up there.  Really it is.

More of the Waterfall at Pickwick Lake from down below.

 

Rock Cairn built on the beach by waterfall residents (Jody, Ruby and Chris)

 

 

 

White Cliffs at Epps along the Tenn-Tom Waterway

 

 

Pickensville anchorage on the Tenn-Tom Waterway

Cows enjoying an early morning by the water

A fellow Looper in the mist 

 

 

 We went through 41 different locks on our way down south.  Coffeeville is the final one that lowers us down to sea level.  Here are a few snaps of our last lock on this section of the Loop. 

Boats tied to the lock wall

Thank you, Army Corp of Engineers, for keeping the locks running safely

Lock doors closing

Water cascading down between the lock doors and the sill

Bye

 

 

There are many twists and turns on the lower section of the river as you can see from the chart.  We are glad to have AIS that warns us when a tow boat is coming around the corner before we can actually see it. 

 

 

 

 

 

We thought these tire totems were interesting

Then suddenly the river pops you out into the bustling harbor of Mobile

Mobile Convention Center

And finally, after weeks of rivers, lakes and canals, we catch our first sight of the Gulf of Mexico on the horizon. 

 Next section is along the panhandle using the Inter Coastal Waterway (ICW) to Carrabelle where we will cross the Gulf  of Mexico to Tarpon Springs or Clearwater. 

All is well on The Belle

Christie