Wednesday : After Mike’s pseudo strike out with the lock master yesterday, we decided to change tactics and perhaps a woman’s voice calling the lock master would result in a more favorable reply. Wouldn’t you know it, this morning’s lock master was actually a lock mistress (our first one on the river system). None the less, Alice worked her charm and we were advised to come on down and she would have the Wilkins lock ready. We hustled and were off the dock by 6:30.
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| Golden exiting the lock at sunrise |
Another five miles
downriver and we sailed through both the Amory and Aberdeen Locks. Our destination for the day is the Columbus Marina - and with some directions
over the VHF radio we made is safely down their channel and were all tied up by
a bit after noon. There are lots of
Looper boats here - maybe a dozen. Ivanhoe organized docktails on their covered dock and it was great catching up with
everyone. We reserved the courtesy car
for dinner in town with Golden at Hucks and had a great meal - everyone got
seafood of some kind.
Thursday : We reserved the courtesy truck with Golden for
the whole morning. We dropped Paige and
Mike off at a health clinic to attend to what seems like real bad colds or
bronchitis. It turns out they both have strep throat and need to wear surgical masks around us for 24 hours.
Donna (Mike's daughter) Alice & Tim went
to a really nice market to do some provisioning. Mike and Paige thought they'd be another hour
at the pharmacy so the three (healthy ones) went to visit Waverly, a local
antebellum mansion that is open for tours.
It was a fascinating tour through a tired, but spectacular
property. As an aside, it is available
to purchase for the low price of $2,975,000.- and needs a lot of work.
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| This beautiful magnolia tree is over 250 years old |
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| Front door looking out towards the street |
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| stairway leading to the upper floors |
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| The stairway continues on the second floor to lead up to the third level |
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| On the second level, looking down to the front entrance hall |
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| The light fixture in the foyer looking up three stories to the ceiling |
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| The house had beautiful furnishings and decorative objects, 75% of which were original to the house |
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| Christmas ornament replica of the mansion |
We all got back to the boat and decided to make a short
run down the river. We left the dock at
12:45, sailed through the Columbus / Stennis Lock and made our way to the
Pickensville anchorage. Along the way, we passed many beautiful homes built up on stilts on this section of the river to escape any rising water. You can see how low the river is at this time.
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| This house is built on top a solid wall of concrete instead of stilts |
And some not so nice homes:
We also passed a few oddities:
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| Phone booth in the middle of nowhere |
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| This cross was on the bank also in the middle of nowhere. We were thinking that perhaps a boat sank at this spot. |
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| Interesting totem pole |
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| Large rooster statue |
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| Volleyball net in the river with a crane underneath it |
We arrived at the anchorage about 4. We are
off the main river in a tidal bay alongside a state park.
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| Boat ramp at the park |
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| our view |
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| Another view |
They even have a little landing to pull up
our dinghy and walk Millie.
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| The pier just off the boat where we can walk Millie |
We enjoyed a
great meal on board and it was a nice, quiet, peaceful night.
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| Millie at sunset |
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