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| Sunrise |
Up early (even for Millie) and got our chores squared
away. Mike called the lockmaster who was
non-committal. He had a tow about to
lock through (up river - good for us).
Mike indicated we would get over to the lock and be ready when the
lockmaster was ready. We left the dock at 6:45 (pre- sunrise) and we were at
the lock by 7. We entered the lock about
an hour later. Two other boats from the
marina joined us last minute and locked through with us. Being Halloween, the boat Drift Away was
dressed up for Halloween and left Halloween treats for the lockmaster (making
those of us from Salem look very very bad)! We sailed through the next lock at Montgomery and we were about to enter the Rankin lock when we were advised that
an inspection team had showed up and we were told to stand by for an undetermined amount of time. An hour later the
inspection team broke for lunch and the lockmaster locked us through -
Yay!
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| View along the river |
One more lock at Folton and a few
more miles upriver to Smithville Marina.
Active Captain (Yelp for boaters) reviews on this marina vary from "this
is where boats go to die" to "it's a bit tired but the people are really
nice." Both ended up being true.
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| In the parking lot next to the decrepit RV park was this truck with four flat tires |
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| View of Observer from the shore |
We saw a tired house boat with a great bumper
sticker (it actually received the coveted Observer best bumper sticker of the
trip):
"Noah was a liveaboard."
To top it all off we are staying at this
seemingly haunted / ghost marina on Halloween night- what timing!
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| Millie guarding the boat! |
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