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| Grand Harbor --Iuka, MS--top of the Tombigbee |
Day 3 could not have been any more different than day 2. We woke up at the crack of dawn but the crew at Grand Harbor didn't get the memo. We finally got gas and paid our bill and got on the water at 9:20am. This is 2 hours later than the Captain would have preferred and 1 hour later than the 1st mate would have liked. It was really cold but the rain made it colder so we drove from inside. The weather people promised sunny skies in the afternoon but they never came. We had 3 locks today and at the first--Whitten we got right in but at the next 2--Montgomery and Rankin we got behind a Tow and had to wait. Not unreasonably but because of our late start, we got further behind. We finally got into Midway after dark (about 5:30)--scary because this marina has a lot of milfoil weeds that you need to avoid or they get in your props and the tree stumps dot the landscape like a page out of a Louisiana swamp. But Fitz is the man and Pat at Midway held up a big flashlight and walked us in. Both of us have drinks in hand as I write. Notes: Saw a deer swimming across the lake outside Rankin Lock--he did not take the shortest way either! I bet he swam the length of 2 football fields! Who knew Bambie could swim that far? Radio Station of the day--92.9 out of Tishomigo, MS. They have oldies and the Funeral Home Report from Cutshaw Funeral Home Terry's comment after we tied up --we have a lot of calm and bits of chaos.
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| Deer swimming across the river! |
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| Midway |
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