Travelled about 38 miles today, from Bay Springs to Smithville. Cold and foggy when we got up this morning, so we didn't leave until the fog lifted at about 9 am. The bay was filled with fishing boats (Wayne thinks they followed us), although it didn't seem like an organized tournament today. They cleared out as the fog lifted, then we followed. We had 4 locks today, and we were lucky, no waits at any of them. We locked down a total of 174 ft. We only met one tow today, which is nice for us, but perhaps what that says about the local economy is not so nice.
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| Eddie took this picture of us passing a dredger in the channel |
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| A yucca plant in a front yard in Smithville |
Arrived here about 3. This marina was built by Jesse Cox; his grandfather bought a farm in this area in 1886, then it was passed down to Jesse. Before the Tenn-Tom was built, he farmed land that we passed over today. With the flooding to build the Tenn-Tom canal and waterway, he opened a marina instead. We met Jesse, he is quite elderly and his son actually helped us tie up. Wayne and I walked into Smithville, a nice small town with several churches, grocery store, post office, police station, health clinic, etc. Children were out trick or treating tonight in the town. A gentleman here at the marina was showing us what he said was an alligator in the water, looked like a couple of sticks in the water to me, but he said that is all you see. If so, that is the first one we have seen.
We plan to move on to Columbus, Mississippi tomorrow, a distance of 40 miles and 3 locks.
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One of the many fishing boats that we passed today; this one had tied off to the buoy
The Tenn-Tom is a new canal and waterway, it was opened in June, 1985. Note the stumps still showing along the sides of the channel.
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| Sunset over the bay at Smithville |
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