ONE MORE DAY to mobile and then to Fairhope where my favorite thanksgiving restaurant is “TAMARAS”! SO many things to see on today’s ride down the TTB. I saw the perfect riverside cabin in the woods that would suit us fine. Then there was a mini tugger and a small barge on the side of the bank that was so cool it looked just like the massive tugs that push the barges up and down the river. Steve and I thought it must be a ferry back and forth across the river for the locals. I just loved the houses with all the new stairways and platforns on the riverside. All the houses(well most)are up on tall stilts so when the water rises 20 foot during flood season the houses dont get flooded. Steve and i even saw a house that was on floatation cylinders that rose up and down on poles depending on the water level. OF course Steve wants to build one and i think it would be just awesome! One more lock to go then MOBILE. I got my fender blankets ready to put on my fenders after one more scraping ride down the lock wall! That way they look pretty and keep my boat off the docks without scratching the boat. Had to overtake a slow barge today and man the current and suck that those things create is amazing. You can actually lose a boat if you are too close behind them and get caught in it. Passed a lot of houses on the edges of the river banks. I always thought someday they would fall in, WELL guess what some of those houses i saw ten years ago have actually fallen off that bank while others are getting close. If you dont build a sturdy retaining wall to keep the river from washing away the bank well better make that house a floating barge cause that is the only way your going to save it! lol I saw so many buffleheads today on the river. Could not get a good picture but that is a beautiful duck. Saw some wooducks as well flittering across the water like high speed jets. AND my favorite was the bald eagle just standing on the bank just hanging out in no hurry and just watching traffic go buy hahaha. We also passed the last place that we had a great time playing with Axle on the side of the river in a little beach area. Really really miss that guy. It was a sad few minutes passing that place, I call it Axle’ Beach. We anchored out in a slew that opens up into a lake but with our mast we could not make it past the overhanging trees that covered the entrance into the wider area. So we practiced stern and bow anchoring and buddy that boat did not move at all that night(i know i stayed up all night to watch the anchor alarm). Our buddies got a good bite and also slept well. I think i was the only one awake lol.