Paddlefish!

There's always something unexpected and interesting when you're cruising. Today, it was a paddlefish just swimming along the surface of the river. Kathy =saw it and we went back to see it and get a picture. It was only about 2 to 3 ft. long, but I understand that they can get much bigger. It went under the surface when we first went by, but came back up when we crept back quietly and we got within 20 ft of it before it swam off.

We also seen a number of bald eagles, and even saw 2 alligators, which were very unexpected on the Tombigbee River, but there they were. One was about 5 to 6 ft. long.

We passed the "White Cliffs of Epes" on the Toimbigbee River today. These are about 200 ft tall cliffs of white limestone and very picturesque, for the Tombigbee.








We're anchored at the Cochrane Cut-off of the Tombigbee River for the night. It's a very nice anchorage in a big oxbow off the main channel of the river. We're sharing it with 2 other boats, but there's room for 10 boats here.






Tomorrow we'll go to Columbus, MS... the end of our "winter" cruising. We were supposed to get there around mid April instead of mid-June, but you know... the best laid plans of mice and boaters...