No Waiting to Get In

Of course this morning was not foggy, but we had to wait for the campground office to open so we could get ice.  Come to find out their winter hours are even better than bankers hours.  Some people in the park told us yesterday evening that they were open four hours a day now during winter hours and that they would be open from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. last night and then again at 8:00 a.m.  With that said I guessed the hours must be 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.  Come to find out I was right on the money.  Anyway the 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. hours were too late for us last night.  We're in bed about that time after getting up at 5:45 a.m. every morning.
So on this Columbus Day, we didn't leave Columbus until about 8:30 a.m. after getting ice for the cooler via dinghy and putting it back on the davits.  An hour later we were at Stennis Lock with no wait for the first time on the Tenn-Tom this trip.  Ten minutes later they were opening the doors at the lower end.
I think it is always about the same time, around 1:00 p.m. that we are on the river where it snakes back and forth between Mississippi and Alabama a few times until we are in Alabama for good.  Today was no exception.
An hour later we were anchored near the Pickensville Recreation Area after 34 miles of travel in five hours.  Since it was so early we decided to take the dinghy and explore around what we just discovered was an island near where we usually anchor.  That exploration took us a while as we had a hard time figuring out where to navigate until we turned on the Navionics charts on Ray's phone.  Before doing that though we hit something hard with the prop and we ran aground.  Always an adventure.
After that we dinghied to shore to collect wood to make a fire in a grill at the recreation area.  We do not have charcoal on board and this particular park did not have fire pits.  Once we felt we had enough wood gathered to make dinner we went back to the boat to gather supplies.  We ended up making pizza hobo pies.  Having a couple each we were too full to make s'mores although we brought along everything for them also.