Sumter

It was a sad morning leaving "The Bar-B" behind.  Maybe they will catch up to us in a couple of days.  They pushed us off at seven o'clock and it was another fairly uneventful day.  We knew there were quite a few pleasure craft heading north between the ones we knew were departing Demopolis and those that we heard on the VFH radio.  A few tows passed us heading south and around noon we could hear some chatter on the VHF radio with Heflin Lock.  It sounded like there was a north bound tow in the lock and quite a few pleasure craft waiting for their turn.  Two hours later, the lock master was still kind enough to hold the lock for us.  That was a wonderful thing as there was another tow headed south that would have held us up for at least a couple of hours.  Today's lesson was that the early bird did not necessarily get the worm. 
An hour later we pulled into Sumter Recreation Area for what is predicted to be a very calm, but cool night.  Did I mention how chilly it was this morning?  Record lows.  We were chilly until we pulled into Heflin Lock.
We immediately went to shore to scout out a picnic table and grill.  We didn't know what kind of luck we would have on this holiday weekend.  It ended up not being a problem with only a couple campers and a couple fishermen.  We grilled our steaks and okra (thanks Sharon!) Over wood coals.  Not the best job ever, but edible.  One huge s'more topped it off though.