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Our route down the Black River
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Our journey on the Black River
started at Demopolis Alabama.
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Demopolis Church
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Hale Mansion built by the free
slaves of that time.
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Behind the Hale Mansion Lee
finds the back yard full of pecans and gathers up some to take
home.
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I found these murals on the
side of a building off Main Street.
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Schedule maintenance on at Tow
boat.
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These props are build for
digging.
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Its a small world when you
meet boaters from the Michigan City 200 pier.
Mike, Doug, and Dayal
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The long walk down the gangplank
to our boat
before we leave Demopolis.
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After leaving Dempolis we circle
for two hours waiting for the lock master to clear us through the lock.
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We finally clear the lock.
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I could only find these rocks
which were black to think of why they call it the Black River.
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Most of the river was colored
in this pretty red, blue, and green rock. Maybe they should have
called it the "Blue River"
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Bashi Creek mile marker 145.2 is our first
anchoring for the night on the Black River.
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We anchor our stern to a tree.
Trees make a great anchor if
you can get hold of it which was our main problem.
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We awoke in the morning to
these beautiful scenes. Words are difficult to come by.
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Tranquility
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This is where we tried to dock
for the night. It is called Lady's
Landing.
Lee's thought on this is that the pet billy goat died and
they had to close the dock because it was a requirement that you
pet their billy goat after docking.
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Our next anchoring was at mile
marker 81.6 and we felt we had our own beach.
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Lee like the beach also as I
took his picture taking a picture.
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In the morning our anchor line
also was catching things.
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We were considering moving out
when out of the fog came this big tow. We decided to wait for
another hour before heading out.
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As the river widens you get a
sense of Peace.
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Always vigilant for the perils
of the river Lee stands ready to point then out.
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Our next anchor stop.
Let's Try.
Island mile marker 28.5
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Looks Good.
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Shall we anchor Here?
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As we approach the anchor spot
we are surprised be two locals who were ALL to eager to help us
tie up for the night. During our conversations we are told they
had bought the island and named it "Gilligans
Island".
We all laugh and a great relief came over Lee and
I.
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Farewell
to Gilligans Island
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We are beginning to see the
tidal effect.
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Cyprus trees along the marsh.
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Locals call Interstate 65 Bridge
"Dolly Parton"
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Locals call Route 13 Bridge
"Madona"
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Entering
Mobile, Alabama
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How the big boats are repaired
and cleaned..
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After 180 miles of vegetation
a skyline is refreshing.
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Thank God we made it.
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Mobile Bay
The end of the river system.
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Lee and Allen congratulating
each other in succeeding on the first leg of the trip.
Enthusiastically awaiting our next adventure.
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