We're in Fairhope, AL on Mobile Bay,

It was just a gray day all day today, except when it was raining just as we entered Mobile Bay. When we did, we were in a narrow marked channel and it was raining so hard you could only see a few hundred feet in front of the boat. Of course, that was the only time we passed another boat in the whole gigantic bay, and it came out of the gloom and rain towards us in the channel. It didn't even show up on radar, probably because of the rain deluge. We saw it far enough in advance to leave plenty of room, but that did manage to add a little adrenalin to the otherwise dull afternoon.

This is our last stop in saltwater before going up the rivers to Columbus, MS. The wave forecast for Mobile Bay is good, but the rivers are forecast to rise to near flood stage, so we'll be running against the current and will have to watch for flotsam coming at us.