Another Entry to get some photos in the Blog

These photos loaded in the opposite order from what I intended. The first is the group with whom we have cruised all summer seated together at the rendezvous at Joe Wheeler State Park. From Muriel there is Peggy and Guy from Southern Comfort, Sam is a sailor who joined us at the rally, Clarissa who has been with Blue Max all summer, then Eileen and Bubba (Bill) Maxwell on Blue Max and Shelly, Bud and Muriel. The second photo is Shelly tending to the boat in the 93 foot deep lock, deepest we have locked through. The next photo is our group leaving the same lock. The fourth photo is where we entered the lock passing a tow which had just locked down. The last photo is the maze of barges we had to negotiate as we left the marina at Florence and traversed the three mile canal to the lock.

I am going to enter another blog just to get some more photos on the blog. I have never figured out how to get more than five photos at a time onto the blog. I failed to mention that we found the Andrew Jackson Monument just above the Guntersville Lock and Dam. It was engraved into a rock cliff years ago and has not been maintained. It has gotten difficult to find because trees have grown up from below the rock bluff and partially obscure the monument. Last night when I walked Carlie as we walked back toward the dock we say a tow boat approaching and I thought he was coming into the basin where we were tied-up! I thought "boy, this could get interesting!" He did not enter the basin, but tied-up to a wall just outside the basin.