It is Friday, April the 9th and I'm in Mobile Alabama. I at the Dog Marina which is on the Dog River. This is a really large marina that has been here for some time. At one point in time Dog Marina was a big Hatteras dealer. They now are into rebuilding Bertram 20' to 31' boats. They have a 31' that they only want $160,000.00 for. It is really pretty.
I finished the river system Wednesday afternoon. The pictures attached are in reverse order so I'll work backwards.
The above picture is Mobile from the water. This is just after passing through the shipping area and just before entering Mobile bay.
I had the HVAC repaired, my remote autopilot fixed, I repaired the head sink drain and got my computer fine tuned. The people at the marina are really nice people and I definitely would us this marina when in the area.
I plan to leave tomorrow, Saturday morning, and should be into Florida by nightfall. Hopefully I'll get a chance to do some drum fishing tomorrow evening. Plan to anchor out in Inghams Bayou.
Life is great.


This is a picture of ships being unloaded along with the background of Mobile behind the ships.

Check out the dry dock for the orange boat. Also check out the unique tug boats. They are not your conventional tugs. They are quite maneuverable.

I'm leaving the river system and entering Mobile shipping center.

This is one of the first signs of life that I've seen on the river system since leaving Demopolis. This is a giant steam generating power plant.

The river system is beginning to change. It is much wider and the shore line is different.

This is a picture of "Lovers Leap".

This is a flock of White Pelicans. I just came out of the Coffeeville Lock and this flock of Pelicans were on the shore. The Coffeeville Lock is 116 miles from Mobile Bay, which is 35 miles long.

I anchored in this creek . It was very quite and pretty.

Neat log cabin on the Black Warrior River at the bottom of a bluff.

One of the few calm/slick river days.

This picture was taken just south of the Demopolis Lock. It is what is left of the Rooster Bridge. The Rooster Bridge is the bridge that a tug washed under, at extremely high water, and flipped upright and continued down the river. The engine never quit running. The bridge has been replaced by a high rise bridge.