When we left the marina this morning the plan was a relatively short day with 1 lock to an anchorage. We passed through the Heflin lock immediately after coordinating our departure with them. All the storms from the other night stretching all the way to Chicago have caused lots of water to head south so we picked up several mph of current behind us. The levels were already up 10' and expected to crest Friday at almost 20'. As we approached the anchorage it was still only around 1100 am. A quick call to the next lock advised we could come right in so off we went for another 50 some od miles to Demopolis, Al. The cruising was fast today but for a stretch we were entertained by some bald eagles that were swooping down fishing along side us as we traveled. We also passed the white cliffs of Epes. We arrived at the Demopolis Yacht Basin about 500 pm for fuel. The commercial tows stop here for fuel also. We then moved over to Kingfisher Marina for the night. Very new and modern. The four of took a golf cart back to the yacht basin to the restaurant for dinner. Once back to the boat it was an early night after a long day.
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| 108' snagboat Montgomery at the Tom Bevill visitor center. |
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| Another tow. |
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| The white cliffs! |
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| Rocky embankments now. |
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| A tow sharing the fuel dock with us, |
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