David's Lake & Mobile, AL

LAST LOCK!!!!!!!

Saturday was our last lock, finally! If you haven't noticed I had this thing about the locks!! We couldn't leave in the morning until about 8:00 because of the fog. It was 23 degrees when we got up. We didn't use our generator that night so our boat was a little chilly in the morning- 56 degrees in the salon.
The lock was only about 1 mile down the river and the lockmaster wanted to get the pleasure boats through the lock before a barge that had also stopped near us. The lockmaster told us when we got to the lock that this particular barge always has a problem with this lock and the shallow water after the lock so instead of being held up a few hours or more he wanted to get all of us through. There was a problem with the door to the lock, it wouldn't close, so we had to wait for him to fix that also. I was just so very glad to be done with all of that!!!

The rest of the day we just cruised along a very crooked and desolate river. We hadn't decided where we were going to anchor that evening because of the shallow water until we were following a couple who knew the river and all three boats decided to anchor together. This was at a lake called David's Lake. It was just deep enough for us and a very protected anchorage. This other couple were teachers but decided to sell their house, live on a boat and travel. The name of their boat is: "What Daze It?"





















Sunday morning we left the lake at 7:30 for Mobile, AL. This city is very commercial when entering on the river. There are many ship building companies and barge facilities. We parted ways with Tom and Sheila and headed into the Mariner Marina in Dog River.



John and Joanie Anderson were there to meet us. They will be traveling with us back to Florida. We stayed 2 nights so Bob and I could recuperate and we could restock the boat. The marina had a courtesy car we took to go eat Mexican for lunch and go to West Marine. What more could you want?


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