Day 13 November 18 2012 Sunday

MM 187.7  Woke up at 6AM couldnt move the boat due to visibility on the tn tom (its called the black warrior tin tom where we are now). Cooked our Sunday morning breakfast of pancakes with OJ, At around 7:50 fog was clearing do we took off down the waterway. After cruising for a few i heard Steve call from the bridge so i went out to see what he wanted and to our port side there was a gray fox hanging out at the waters edge, he saw us so he slowly started to climb the bank looking back at us as he climbed. He was so pretty with his fluffy tail and small body.  We have passed many barges today usually you know what side you will pass on its obvious but other times you have to call and ask them what side they want you on and they say “see you on the 1” or “see you on the 2”. We have learned a lot of water traffic lingo on our way down the tn tom. Some guys say “see you on the 2 whistle” or “see you on the one whistle”.  We get a kick out of that one. I did get a kick out of Steve trying to understand the cajun captain from LA. Of course i could barely understand too! The weather is nice and cold today but clear and beautiful. The waterway banks are in bushes, grass and trees. I have seen some beautiful egrets today and i saw one white beautiful bird with long legs and a long beak, i think its a snowy egret but im not sure. It had beautiful feathers blowing out in the wind like silk strands. We finally anchored out at MM 123.5 on the outside of a slew entrance to a national park i think. After we anchored a boat full of guys came by in a ski boat and stated they were scouting for a fish tournament and asked where we were headed. Steve started to tell them we were there for the fishing tournament but we let them know we were headed south for warm weather. After that another bass boat came by in the dark. We cooked ravioli mac and cheese and corn on the cob. I watched Twilight Breaking Dawn part one while Steve fished and caught the crew up on what we have done so far and how we are doing. I am trying to load pictures in a slide show but wordpress will not give me that option it did once now i cant get it to load a slideshow. i will try again today. Thank you guys for checking out our blog and keep watching we will be in mobile in three days!

CAPTAINS LOG:  Good anchorage point at 123.5 stay to south side of opening and travel back into slew app 200 feet.The water was shallow so  we didnt want to go in any further so we stayed outside close to the south side entrance with no issues. Logged 64.2 miles.

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