Day 83, October 23rd, 2009
The day started with the Glover Wilkins Lock. A motor cruiser went into the lock with us. It was only another hour to the next lock, the Amory Lock & Dam. At least it took us an hour but the motor cruiser probably made it in half that time. He ended up having to wait for us! The lockmasters have it all down pat and communicate with one another so they know who is coming down and when to expect you. We laugh now that when the motor cruisers see us they probably are groaning - "Oh No! They're going to hold us up!!" Oh well! Not our problem!!
How mean! They get their own back when they come zooming passed us leaving us rocking in their wake!!
We stopped for the night up the old Tombigbee River at the town of Columbus, MS. We seemed to travel up there quite a ways with houses on stilts either side. But it turned out to be a good anchorage right by a bridge and very close to their Riverside Park. We dinghied up to the public dinghy dock, locked the dinghy again and walked into town. We weren't quite sure where to go to we stopped and asked the first lady we met (she was walking her two gorgeous springer spaniels), and guess what - she was English, lived in Columbus, from the Chester area.
We had a good laugh about that. It seemed funny! Anyway, she directed us to the Visitors Centre just a short walk away - housed in Tennesee Williams' house where he was born!! A playwright, he wrote "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Streetcar Named Desire". It was pretty late in the day by then so we picked up several brochures and spoke to a lady there to plan our sightseeing the next day. What a pretty little town - it reminded us very much of Collingwood with the attractive downtown area and even the angle parking!!
The day started with the Glover Wilkins Lock. A motor cruiser went into the lock with us. It was only another hour to the next lock, the Amory Lock & Dam. At least it took us an hour but the motor cruiser probably made it in half that time. He ended up having to wait for us! The lockmasters have it all down pat and communicate with one another so they know who is coming down and when to expect you. We laugh now that when the motor cruisers see us they probably are groaning - "Oh No! They're going to hold us up!!" Oh well! Not our problem!!
How mean! They get their own back when they come zooming passed us leaving us rocking in their wake!!
We stopped for the night up the old Tombigbee River at the town of Columbus, MS. We seemed to travel up there quite a ways with houses on stilts either side. But it turned out to be a good anchorage right by a bridge and very close to their Riverside Park. We dinghied up to the public dinghy dock, locked the dinghy again and walked into town. We weren't quite sure where to go to we stopped and asked the first lady we met (she was walking her two gorgeous springer spaniels), and guess what - she was English, lived in Columbus, from the Chester area.
We had a good laugh about that. It seemed funny! Anyway, she directed us to the Visitors Centre just a short walk away - housed in Tennesee Williams' house where he was born!! A playwright, he wrote "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Streetcar Named Desire". It was pretty late in the day by then so we picked up several brochures and spoke to a lady there to plan our sightseeing the next day. What a pretty little town - it reminded us very much of Collingwood with the attractive downtown area and even the angle parking!!
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