Well, we left Decatur, Alabama at 7:40am and just got into Grand Harbor, MS at 5:20pm today. What a great day! It was 42 degrees when we left and there was ice on the ropes. But it was sunny all day long. We had terriffic luck in that we did not have to wait at all for the Railroad Bridge to rise ouside Decatur, nor did we have any wait at Wheeler Lock and Wilson Lock. What luck! This put us at Florence at 1pm--this was where we were supposed to stop for the night. So we kept going. The Pelicans were in flocks all over the lake--very neat. We made it 92 miles, came in after sunset but Sunny Days did great. This gives us a day pad on the schedule and we will take it when we can get it.
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This is a good time to pay homage to Decatur, Alabama. Five or 6 years ago we spent a year there and really enjoyed it. It is a small town about an hour and a half south of Nashville and is the closest port on the Tennessee River. Nice bar/restaurant --the dock doesn't offer a lot but it is very close to the interstate and the city. You are guaranteed to fall asleep to Sweet Home Alabama every Friday and Saturday night. Plus it has the Laundramat from heaven---a nail salon on one side, a Books-A-Million on the other and a Dairy Queen in the parking lot.
Notes:
Not much color on the leaves--they have already gone to brown.
Found a great radio station Q107 out of Tuscumbia, Alabama--Classic Rock and they have tonight's Colts-Titans game. Isn't Tucumbia a great name?
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