November 23rd

Up at 6AM.  Cruising by 7:15.  We have 101 miles to go!  I throttled up as we were pushing against the current.  This time of year we only have 10 hours of sunlight so it makes it tough to go very far in a vessel that cruises economically at less than 10 miles per hour.

Still Chilly!

We arrived at Pickwick Lock at 3:30 and the lockmaster had the chamber ready for us.

Up we went for the first lock through of the season.  The first two days of our trip were up river on the Tennessee.  Once we got through Pickwick Lock, we motored 10 miles further up and then turned into the TomBigBee Waterway.  From there on we are running down river.

We were at Grand Harbor Marina at 4:40 with sunset at 4:45.

 Jeff fueled us up: 130 gals equal $535.00.  It is expensive to run hard!  We hope to run slower and cheaper from here on.

We borrowed the marina courtesy car and went to dinner at the Broken Spoke Restaurant.

We had been then in June with Rachael and loved the place.  We were not disappointed with our return and they have great food and great entertainment.

These two were so good we purchased a couple of their CDs.

On the way back to the marina the warning light indicating a low tire came on.  We found a gas station with air so we were able to get back with no problem.

I hit the sack but Missy had work to do on the internet for Medtronic so she stayed up until 1 AM.