We made Bobby's Fish Camp on day one out of Kingfisher Bay - dock, 50A power and a nice spot to walk Storm. No wifi so a bit of a longer post today. We got delayed 2 hours getting out of Kingfisher so we got up earlier - 5:20 to try and get ahead of the barge traffic - that didn't work and when we got the OK to get to the lock - no power to the starboard ignition. Lots of prayers and some time in the rats nest of wires under the dash and we got up and running - ran great all day - 136 miles. 95+% of the channel marker boys were missing. Some drift but we managed to miss it.

On the dock at Bobby's Fish Camp - midway point in Bajo land between Kingfisher and Mobile.

Barge coming out of the fog - we knew then we had an hour to wait.

Looking back at Bobby's.

Heading into Coffeeville lock - last lock before the gulf - some construction work active now.

Below Coffeeville - lots of current but not an issue with the running gear we have on the Ark.

So some erosion but not too bad.

If we were James Bond in a Glastron Carlson we could have jumped the bend.

2000 rpm at 24.5-25 all day long.

Confluence of the Alabama and the Tombigbee form the Mobile river.

Lots of large power plants.

When the river gets to the Bayou - the swamp is big and flat.

Lift bridge that we had to have them lift to get under.

Railroad tracks running along the Mobile - underwater a lot.

Nice cable stay bridge as you come into Mobile.

Mobile shipping canal was crazy!

Mobile is right on the shipping canal.

Military ships being built and deployed.

While I was doing this video and looking for missing marker buoys. I got 30 yards out of the channel - thankfully lots of water from the flood so I didn't run aground.

Massive container boats.

 

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