Pea Soup on the Menu Again

This is at anchor looking toward the channel that is less than 300 feet away.

This morning we had to wait a while for the fog to lift. We didn't get underway until just after 8:30 a.m.
At 11:00 a.m. we were in Wilkins Lock.  We took our time the five miles to the next lock because there was a tow "Blake Boyd" coming up in it.

This was as the sun was trying to clear away the fog.
This is also the steep embankment Linda climbed to walk to Walmart yesterday.
Part of the walk included railroad tracks.

By 12:30 p.m. we were in Amory Lock but had to wait a short time for three pleasure boats to join us.  Two of them were boats we locked with yesterday, "Time Out" and "Ariel", but the additional boat was "Touch of Class".

The Lock Master there was incredibly nice to a boater above Wilkins Lock who called to ask all about anchoring possibilities over the VHF radio because he heard the Lock Master tell us that there was a dredge working where he intended to anchor.  I would never had that much patience.
Anyway, we got out of there and were all in Aberdeen Lock at about 2:45 p.m.  The three other vessels were nice enough to have the Lock Master hold the lock for us slow pokes.

 By 3:00 p.m. we were on the home stretch to make it to our intended anchorage with no more obstacles in our way.  It took another two and a half hours but we made it to Dewayne Hayes Recreation Area in Columbus, Mississippi after 50 miles in nine hours.

The two pictures above just looked like the perfect lake homestead to me this morning.



Typical bass fishermen we see all the time. 
When I saw the photo opportunity the sun was behind them and it looked like a neat silhouette.
By the time the camera was ready this is what I got.

We watched this young bald eagle trying to catch breakfast this morning.
Most of the bald eagles we have spotted this trip seem to be juvenile.