We made it!

When we were planning this leg of our journey back to Tennessee with Lifestyle II, we had hoped to get as far as  Columbus, MS, and we made it to the marina at 5:00 pm yesterday evening.  We pulled up the anchor yesterday morning a 6:30 am from a quiet, secluded spot in Sumter County, AL.  Sumter Recreation Area has campsites, restrooms, a playground and boat ramp.  All we needed was the boat ramp and a little bit of grass for Maggie.

We had anchored in the same place back in November 2011 on our journey down the river and it was deserted.  We fully expected the site to  be busy on a Sunday afternoon in June, but again it was deserted with the exception of 2 local fisherman.  It was beautiful and quiet and HOT!

We knew it was going to be a long day on the water yesterday and that proved to be true.  We went through 2 locks and then into Columbus Marina - a welcome sight!  As we pulled into the covered slip, the temperature on the boat dropped about 10 degrees.  It dropped even further when we fired up the AC.   Thank goodness for shore power!

Maggie likes to ride in the dinghy, especially when she knows we are headed to shore!