Make Up Your Mind

Sorry to intrude on your water

The temperature was pleasantly warmer this morning.  We shoved off of the free dock in Decatur, Alabama at about 8:30 a.m., not in any hurry as we planned about a 36 mile day of travel.  Almost four and a half hours later we were in Wheeler Lock, leaving Lake Wheeler behind.  Wilson Lake was much calmer today than last year when we were coming down, so it was a much more enjoyable experience on it this time.  It was our original intention to anchor in Six Mile Creek which is an anchorage we found last year to get out of bad weather.  It was not the best of options as it is fairly narrow with lots of residential docks in it, but it held good in the weather.  Since it was still early and we would rather spend more time at the waterfall tomorrow, we decided to try anchoring in a cove just above Wilson Lock to get more miles behind us today.  We have anchored in this cove one time before when we had to wait several hours to lock down, but never overnight.  When we got in there it was too deep and narrow for comfort with residential docks scattered in this cove also.  There was a small dock at a park that caught our attention.  If the water was this deep, shouldn't it also be deep enough at the dock to bow into the bank and tie alongside it?  We eased up with Linda on the bow to watch for the shallow water that did appear before we reached the dock.  It was then decided to turn around and try the second cove back that looked good as we were passing it.  Just as we passed the first cove back, Ray liked the looks of it, though it was small and had some fallen trees in it.  We eased our way in to find deep water until we were close to the shore of the Y.  The setting was peaceful with cows to greet us.  It was a small cozy cove so we couldn't put much anchor rode out, but the most we could hit was some of the fallen trees before we hit shore.  It was so tight in there however, that wind could barely get us, and we hardly moved. 

What are you looking at?  Ever seen a cow before?  Ever seen a boat before?  Probably not in this tiny anchorage.