Saturday September 17: Demopolis, Alabama

Thursday when we left the anchorage below the Hefflin Lock, there was no wind -at all. All day no wind.

The reflections along the waterway were again amazing. And we see so many great blue heron and white egrets. Often times I don't see them until they fly off as we pass by.

The river we're on is now the Tombigbee River - which connects to the Mobile River which leads of course to Mobile!

We picked up a hitchhiker along the way. A really nicely colored butterfly that seemed to think we were going his way :-)

Kind of surprising how long it stayed.

But it is entertainment for the 6 1/2 hour cruise  :-)

Leaving early allowed us to arrive early afternoon. Our covered slip awaited us!!


Best views along the way? The white cliffs of Epes - hands down.

Especially with the water still reflecting the shoreline. One more of those time when I couldn't quit taking pictures.



For more information on these cliffs, click here.  I wasn't able to find very much about them though other than they are chalk.












Once we arrived on Thursday, Steve wasted no time checking in at the office to pick up at least part of the new flybridge furniture we had ordered and had delivered here.

It would take several trips but there are a couple of golf carts for boater use so it makes it pretty easy to get things to the boat.

Friday morning we began in earnest removing the furniture installed 10 years ago. It had held up quite well but definitely needed replaced. You may recall that we painted it with vinyl paint in Banana Bay to at least temporarily make it look a bit better.

Disassembling it wasn't hard - but some of the fasteners were in difficult to reach places.

Fortunately for me, Steve was able to pull me out of the corner section I had somehow managed to get into!!

Once removed, it was time to move it to the main marina area where they would either give it away or throw it away.

Again the golf cart came in handy :-)

Plus they loaned us the pickup truck so it only took one trip for Steve to swap the old stuff for the new.

Of course we had to at least set in place some of the new stuff just to see how it would fit/look.


Enough for today - time to just enjoy the sunset :-)

Saturday we were back at it - positioning the bases for the new stuff. This furniture is made by a different company and is not built at all the same.

Molded plastic bases for all of the pieces with the backs and seats separate pieces. Certainly easier to handle for sure.

The work continued -- and then it decided to rain!


While we are undercover, we have the westernmost covered slip so when it rains, we still get a bit wet.

First long on and off rain we've had for a while.

Ok by me that we needed to quit for the day :-)


Tomorrow we'll drive to the nearest Home Depot - 60 miles away in Tuscaloosa!