Picture of Chattanooga

Picture of Chattanooga

Friday, October 21, 2016

Florence, Alabama

With 12 boats pulling out of Joe Wheeler State Park this morning and headed to the Wheeler Lock it was best to have one person do the coordinating rather than each boat making contact. The lock is only a mile or so below the park and with good coordination the lock was open and waiting. It's been rather windy this morning and I was a bit concerned about hitting one of the other boats while pulling into the chamber, remember I have a single engine and no thrusters, but everything went smoothly. We rafted onto another Kadey-Krogen Manatee named Summertime and had a nice conversation with Wally and Darcy as the water level eased us on down to the Wilson reservoir. Once on Wilson Lake we had a 10 mile or so trip to Wilson Lock, it's a rather short lake but has a hell of a drop to the Pickwick pool level... 95 feet. At the lock it was “rinse and repeat.” So, we are now tied to the end cap of “A” dock and heading out to see what the day brings.

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