There was fog again this morning. This is one of the boats we’re traveling with. Can you see him? He is anchored only 150’ feet from us. The fog lifted quickly and we were underway at 8:30.
We found there was a very large northbound tow in the midst of moving through a very narrow serpentine part of the river. He was 3 barges wide and took up nearly the entire channel while maneuvering from turn to turn. In this area we could not meet while both of us were moving. The tow said he would pull over to the side and let us pass.
We were now in ‘gator country and the first one we saw was dead, floating in the river. It wasn’t long until we found one sunning on the bank.
Suddenly, after rounding a bend we saw the S/V Sojourn anchored in a small inlet. Sojourn is a sailboat owned by our friends Gene and Kay Jurrens. They left Lake City, Minnesota in August and have cruised down the river systems on their way to Burnt Store Marina, which is also our destination. They also have a blog and we thought they were about 1 day ahead of us. We were surprised to overtake them.
When they didn’t answer their radio on 16, we decided to sneak up on them. They were down below and didn’t see us until we were quite close and Darrell blew the foghorn to get their
attention. We rafted up with them, and had a nice visit before leaving for our intended anchorage.
We anchored at Big Bayou Canot at 4:30.
