Day #80 - Rogersville, AL
October 19th, 2008
Quite a bit to report since my last writing. Yesterday afternoon we put the dinghies into Panther Creek and went exploring. We discovered several campsites that were very unique. One even had a big yellow school bus as a camper. Keep in mind that it is going down into the 30s at night. Bob and Charlotte decided to pull their dinghy onshore and we did the same. Went for a beautiful walk along the rocky shoreline in the afternoon sun. We started to make our way back and all of a sudden Bob took off running. The dinghies had floated away. Theirs was closer to shore so he jumped in the water and made his way to his dinghy. Thankfully he came back ,picked Andy up and drove him to ours. I bet the fishermen watching this were laughing their heads off.
Went over to Foreign Exchange for dinner and watched “The Perfect Storm.” Perfect boater movie. Fortunately no storms are predicted for several days.
Woke up to a chilly, foggy morning on Pickwick Lake. It dipped down to 37 degrees last night and it was COLD! Andy fired up the generator and began to heat the water and boat up. Still cold and when we pulled out of the harbor at 8:00 it was 42 outside and 56 inside. The incident of note was when we pulled up the anchor and chain I discovered that we had hooked another anchor. Wrapped around our chain as a large Danforth and and another chain. We attempted to rescue it or release it and in the process broke our boat hook. Back it went down into the bay for another boat to hook.
We have been in Alabama and Mississippi this morning and it is only 9:00. Beautiful cruising on Pickwick Lake headed to Joe Wheeler State Park for another anchorage. The trip is 65 miles and two locks.
