We were in no hurry this morning knowing it was going to be an extremely short travel day. "The Bar-B" left around eight o'clock, going back out the way we came into the anchorage. Twenty minutes later "Conched Out Too" and "Second Noelle" pulled up anchor with intentions of continuing on around and exiting the northern end. We didn't get far when a neighbor hollered to us that we could not get out that way because the water was too shallow. We're pretty sure it was Art, the gentleman that gave us a lift in his golf cart yesterday. I forgot to mention that he said he lived on his boat in Miami for ten years. Therefore we trusted his boating experience and turned around.
At 9:45 a.m. we were in Stennis Lock for a 27 foot lift that took about 15 minutes. The lockmaster informed us that there would be a bass tournament on the upper pool tomorrow.
By 11:00 a.m. we had our anchors back down near the Dewayne Hayes Recreation Area with a whole 14 miles traveled. After lunch we all dinghied to the boat ramp. I wanted to wash the mud out from last night. Bob and Barbara walked up to get ice. Upon returning the ice to coolers mom and I rode with Bill and Patty in their dinghy while Bob and Barbara took theirs, but we tied together and took a trip around the island here.
Next mom and I went up to the campground laundry to do a load each. In the mean time we gathered firewood with Bill. The evening was spent making a campfire in the charcoal grill again. When we went up to get ice we inquired about using a fire pit at one of the campsites, but were told we would have to pay for a campsite to do that. This time we made pizza pies with garlic bread. They were pretty crunchy and yummy. A few s'mores were had before ending the evening.
With the bass tournament tomorrow, we are assuming we will be up early anyway to continue to our next destination.
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