Day #88 - New Site, MS
October 28th, 2008Today was the dreaded day of the engine repair. Stayed an extra night at Grand Harbor and arranged for “Diesel Don” to travel to us. He boarded the boat at 8:00 on a cool, crisp Fall morning. Within an hour he had listened, tightened and test run the boat. The prognosis was better than expected. The good news was that it was simply an engine idle adjustment, the bad news, he was EXPENSIVE. Captain Andy tried to rationalize to me that it was worth his peace of mind and could have been much worse. I agreed bit still mourned paying the bill.
By 10:00 we were off headed to Bay Springs Marina, 38 miles and no locks. The scenery on the Tombigbee is quite different from the rivers past. This is all manmade and has river banks of rock and the terrain is quite flat. The Fall colors are becoming more abundant and the water clearer.
Arrived at Bay Springs Marina at about 2:00. NO cell or internet connection and notmuch of a marina. The good news was that we had
DirecTV so were able to watch hockey and Dancing with the Stars. Guess which one of us picked which show.
As you can see from this picture, boats here have their own shopping carts with their names on them. Haven’t seen that concept before, quite an idea.
Expected to go down into the 30s tonight so glad to be at a marina with power and heat. Off for an early start in the morning as we have 36 miles and four locks to go. All is well aboard Good News. Hope we have civilization tomorrow.
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