We're at "Old Lock #1" in the Black Warrior River in Alabama. It's 100 miles north of Mobile.
Last night, we anchored at Bashi Creek and rafted together to save space because the creek is quite narrow. I put out a bow and a stern anchor to keep from swinging into the side of the creek and Loose Stones tied up to Nonchalance. It makes it easy to share dinner and share dinghy duties for the 2 dogs. This picture is taken from the middle of the river looking into Bashi Creek where we're anchored, with Jane and Kathy happily waving goodbye to us and the dogs going across in the dinghy. (Jane Stone says the best part of rafting up is that the girls don't have to help dinghy the dogs into shore).
Of course, the guys kind of like to do the dinghies and the dogs love it. We intended to take the dinghy to a little boat ramp there, but the floods here deposited 4 to 6 inches of slimy silt on the boat ramp, making walking up the 30 foot ramp impossible, so we opted to dinghy across the river to a nice sand beach. The dogs (both named Daisy) thought that was wonderful. The Stone's Daisy is a yellow lab and she instantly went into the water. Bill had to keep her on a leash so she wouldn't step off the steep incline into deep water and the current of the flood.
Today, we cruised down the river towards Mobile. There was much less debris in the water than yesterday and the water was calm with less current, about 1.5 knots. We rafted together at this anchorage too. We'll need an early start tomorrow morning for a rather long trip to Mobile, so I hope the fog isn't too heavy or burns off quickly.
Last night, we anchored at Bashi Creek and rafted together to save space because the creek is quite narrow. I put out a bow and a stern anchor to keep from swinging into the side of the creek and Loose Stones tied up to Nonchalance. It makes it easy to share dinner and share dinghy duties for the 2 dogs. This picture is taken from the middle of the river looking into Bashi Creek where we're anchored, with Jane and Kathy happily waving goodbye to us and the dogs going across in the dinghy. (Jane Stone says the best part of rafting up is that the girls don't have to help dinghy the dogs into shore).
Of course, the guys kind of like to do the dinghies and the dogs love it. We intended to take the dinghy to a little boat ramp there, but the floods here deposited 4 to 6 inches of slimy silt on the boat ramp, making walking up the 30 foot ramp impossible, so we opted to dinghy across the river to a nice sand beach. The dogs (both named Daisy) thought that was wonderful. The Stone's Daisy is a yellow lab and she instantly went into the water. Bill had to keep her on a leash so she wouldn't step off the steep incline into deep water and the current of the flood.
Today, we cruised down the river towards Mobile. There was much less debris in the water than yesterday and the water was calm with less current, about 1.5 knots. We rafted together at this anchorage too. We'll need an early start tomorrow morning for a rather long trip to Mobile, so I hope the fog isn't too heavy or burns off quickly.
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