November 8, 2012 Day 181
Bashi Creek, Black Warrior-Tombigbee River, AL
Total
miles to date: 3695.8
Knowing
today was going to be a very long one, we got an early start and left Demopolis
at 7am with seven other boats. The lock was four miles away and the lockmaster
had it ready for all of us. We descended
40 feet and then exited the lock, ready to keep going south. We were now on the
Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway and it had all the twists and turns of the one
before it! There was very little water
traffic today. We only passed one tow and one pleasure craft.
There
were few acceptable anchorages on the river and we had to continue 71 miles to
Bashi Creek to find one. The creek is very narrow and tree lined but we went in
first and then turned around and anchored. Then The Zone backed in and anchored and rafted to us. Shortly after that two more boats arrived and
rafted together. Then a fifth boat, Catmandu,
also on the Loop, entered and anchored. Bashi
Creek was full with boats lined three deep front to back!
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| Our chart plotter shows the path to follow! |
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| We were stacked in tight at Bashi Creek with five boats! |
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| Another view of Bashi Creek! |
Ross
and Laura (The Zone) came over for
dinner as we once again pooled our resources for a good meal!
