Columbus Marina is 335 river miles north of downtown Mobile and a welcome site to the boater traveling the Tenn-Tom. For the first 216 miles you are stepping back in time. That stretch has no marinas and few places to launch a boat. No boats our size can be serviced along that stretch. Demopolis is the first opportunity at mile marker 216. At times we would travel along that portion of the trip and not see a person for 1/2 a day. Then we would see a lonesome fisherman sitting on the side of the river wetting a line and wonder where did he come from? We could see nothing but trees and swamp for the first 50 miles, then just trees and some small hills. We did see two good size gators and one large water moccasin. We accepted the fact that we were in their territory and we stayed on the boat and they stayed in the water. After Demopolis, we saw some summer homes and even a few nice residences. Yesterday was work day on the boat. We are docked under a shed so we can work on the boat with some comfort even as the temperatures get into the mid 90's. Denniese cleaned and I worked in the engine room. I replaced the starter, cleaned the strainers, replaced the fuel filters and one water pump impeller. Denniese broke out the sewing machine and made some more pretty covers for outside stuff. Who said boating is boring? Today we start getting the boat ready to leave for awhile. We will leave Saturday for Murfreesboro and our land home.
We will take this picture with us in our minds as we go back to the real world.
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