- 49 miles
- 6 hours 1 minute
- 8.1 mph average speed
- 2-5 mph winds
Today we traveled with two Loopers that we had just met at Columbus Marina. We transited two locks, both lowering us about 27′. We anchored with Spirit of 76 and the other boat decided to anchor a few miles past where we had stopped. As our generator is not working and we are waiting on a part to be delivered to get it repaired, Spirit of 76 had thoughtfully offered for us to raft up to them so that we could run an extension cord to our boat and use our space heater. Overnight temperatures were originally predicted to be in the high 20’s but, as it turned out, they were only in the low 40’s so we told them that we thought we would be okay without rafting up to them. It was very calm and peaceful in the anchorage and we did actually stay warm even with no heat!
Along the way, we saw something you don’t see everyday, let alone along a very rural area on the Tenn-Tom near the border of MS and AL:
