at almost every lock a heron came in to find the unlucky fish who got caught in the gates when the waters went down.
a real creatures from the black lagoon area
Traveled all day to get to Blue Bluff Landing for an anchorage that was described in the guide as peaceful and quiet, with a T dock to tie alongside and a landing place for taking cats ashore. We got to it at dusk and we're making our very slow way into the marked channel when we quietly hit a mud bar from which we could not escape. Mississippi mud is like 5200. Jack put out the Danforth to try to kedge us out, nope, called a nearby marina but no tow. The owner kindly came out with his pontoon boat and after much effort we got off but not without cost. Larry from Aberdeen Marina did not charge us but the engine developed a clacking sound. Anchored where we were as it was safe and the marina was too shallow for us. Had a nice evening and left early to go through the Aberdeen Lock and get on our way. Unfortunately the clacking sound persisted so after we left the lock we anchored and called Boat US for a tow. T Caldwell, manager of Columbus Marina came out to get us. A 40 mile round trip for him. Such a great guy. He put us at a dock and called the experts who are arriving any time now to diagnose the problem. We pray it is easily fixed, if not we are here for 2 weeks at least.
At least we have missed whatever nastiness Karen is bringing to Gulf Coast. If we had kept to the schedule we would have been making our way through the ICW to Florida. The fates knew what was best for us. Columbus marina is a pleasant place to be for all of us while problems are solved. Night Music is after all a sailing boat.
Well, closing this post now and will keep y'all updated as best I can.
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