Day 7 Demopolis

19 November 2010 day 7 Demopolis Yacht Basin, 32. 31’ .614N  87. 50 .361W

We got this morning at 0630L we slept in.  J  Pulled the anchor and underway at 0658L steaming south.  At 0920L we encounter the white cliffs of Epes; they are some very interesting rock formation.  We arrive at the Demopolis Yacht Basin at 1317L, we fuel and then are rafted next to another sailboat couple as there is no dockage available that we can get to, the water is to shallow, in fact after fueling as we made the turn to come and raft up, I had to power thru some silt/mud. 

We made a run into town to get a few things and ten ate dinner at the marinas restaurant.  The food was good, I had Jambalaya, was pretty good, very southern, J Jim had the steak, he said it was good as well, he ended up taking part of it home, was nice large one.  W stopped on the way out and talked to some people from Cincinnati that we have run into along the way. 

Ok, tomorrow, we run south; it will be 3-4 days to Mobile.   This is the roughest part of the trip, Demopolis is the last marina, and last fuel except for Bobbies fish camp, I hear stories of bad fuel, not sure, so will just check to see where we are on fuel when we get there.  I hear the food is great on the other hand if you like cat fish.  So we might have to do that stop.  Not sure it depends on timing we might miss it; we are in a hurry for some reason haven’t figured that part out yet.  Probably has to do with Thanks Giving causing a time crunch to get the mast up before Thanks Giving and then getting to Pensacola.   Anyhow, it’s the great adventure on speed.  Glad I am taking lots of pics.   Think that calls it a night, time to post this and hit the rack. 

My advice is if you can do this trip, do it.  It’s fun, but do it slow, take your time.  Wait for the fog anchor out do 50-60 a day, longer if needed for an anchorage, or shorter.  Sightsee, there is plenty to see.  Live life, enjoy it, and don’t do it on fast forward.  I have enjoyed it.  Oh, and leave earlier, there will be more boaters, but it will be warmer.  Ok.  I think that’s it for the night. 

Capt. Bear