November 2, 2011

I set the alarm to get up at 6 am.  Jerry was already up.  It was a chilly 57F in the cabin, so we started the genset so we could run the heater, coffee pot and microwave/oven.  It was also foggy again. 

Jerry called the lock master at Nickajack lock about 7:30, he said it was pretty soupy but we ventured out anyway.  This is what we saw.

It seemed to get better once we were in the channel. 

And then we ran into this cloud bank, in fact, we saw a bass boat go in and not come out. It's eerie being out there and so quiet

Here we are in the lock, not 3 miles down river.  Amazing what a little sunshine can do.

This is a long day for us, we plan to make 77 miles today.  Yesterday we only made 36 miles.  Trying to get back to the Tenn-Tom Waterway so we can start south.

In spite of the cold and wind, I decided to grill brats for lunch. 

One of the many Herons we met along the way

  

 We anchored at Honeycomb Creek close to Guntersville, AL,  mile 351.5.  It was a beautiful night as you can see.