Short Day

Just as I was about to take a picture of
 this pair of bald eagles, one took off.

Here is the other one left behind.

Only 33 miles of travel today made for a shorter day.  The alarm was set for 6:00 a.m., anchor was lifted by 7:00 a.m., and in the state of Mississippi by 8:00 a.m. Almost an hour later a tow passed to be the only encounter today which was down bound, named "Eva Kelly".  Two and a half hours after that it was a lift through Stennis Lock.  Travel was ended by resetting the anchor near Dewayne Hayes Recreation Area less than six hours after lifting it out of Pickensville Recreation Area.


This looked to be a young bald eagle.  Not yet
fully developed into the stark whiteness of an adult.

Ray spent the day compounding and waxing the boat while  underway which he has been doing for a few days now.  Once anchored Linda launched the dinghy by herself for the first time with the new davit system Ray engineered and had made.  It was off to the guard shack of the campground that Linda headed to get a couple bags of ice.  To cool off this afternoon a dinghy ride was taken around the area.  Linda got to drive it fast for the first time with the new 15
horsepower engine purchased last
summer.