Black Warrior- Tombigbee Waterway (Days 157 - 158)
The BlackWarrior- Tombigbee Waterway meanders 430 miles down to Mobile Bay. We only have two locks in this section and we will end up back in tidal waters after our last lock of our loop. We spotted our first alligator in this section although they have been reported further upstream. I think the cold kept them in hiding. But the sun came out. I spotted turtles sunning at first. Then Mike spotted this big boy. We circled around to get a photo and he didn’t flinch. I guess he’s not afraid of us. We left Demopolis with a big group. We stayed at the back of the pack this time because we became the slow boat due to our failed engine Turbo and we needed to use only one engine. Mike did a masterful job of navigating in spite of the handicap. We were the last boat into the anchorage at Bashi Creek just before sunset. Fellow loopers on Paradise were kind enough to allow us to raft up. As you can see this creek in quite narrow so we backed out...