Started from MM 67.3  Well I am glad a gator didnt try to get Steve as he pulled up our stern anchor, i would have hated to kill a gator that early in the morning! We motored down the BWTB we made it all the way to Mobile. We went through swamps passed several more bargs and saw a lot more industry on the sides of the BWTB. (Black Warrior Tom Bigbee). We did not see any more gators but started to see a ton of palmettos and increased number of pelicans and egrets. We came into a wondrous industrial sight at Mobile. It thought Steves eyes would pop out at all the mechanical wonders around us. His smile was HUGE. We saw some massive military vehicles on the side of the bay. We tied the thingamajig to a free dock at the convention center on the across from the military ship factory. There is a reason that dock is free. lol the wake off the massive ships coming in and out of the harbor was a rocking experience, although we did not get any boat damage we tied off great!! We decided to walk into downtown Mobile to find something to eat. Well we took off through the almost empty parking lot at the convention center, crossed the railroad tracks, took our lives in our hands crossing a busy street even with the crossing light! Man downtown Mobile the old part was so much fun just seeing the old buildings, all the restaurants, the center square with fountain, and the pretty christmas decorations. We walked until we decided that it was getting dark and we were getting into a not so nice area it appeared so we walked back and couldnt find a place to eat. We asked a guy walking buy where you could get a great hamburger and he directed us to a place we had just passed! They had a half pound angus burger, I had a BLT with sweet potato fries and Steve had burger and fries. Great place for a hamburger! It was called Hereos i think. After that we swiftly walked back to the boat, but on the way a guy stopped and started telling Steve football jokes about Alabama’s Bear Bryant. When Steve asked the guy who Bear Bryant was i thought the guy was gonna pass out. He continued to try to tell Steve about football as Steve was telling him he didnt care he didnt watch football. The guy was still talking as we walked swiftly away. Back at the boat we rocked all night to the tune of barges, tugboats and the smallest wake came from the huge cargo ships. When i say huge i mean the same size as the largest cruise ships. But they were amazing to watch. We watched as they filled one up from Panama with grain.(we think). Well Good night, keep reading our blog.

CAPTAINS LOG: We made app 67 miles today. Don’t tie up to a dock at mobile bay unless you have to, like us.