Day-19 May 23, Wednesday  10:00 p.m.

The long trip back to Maple Grove, MN

They were sneaking up to surprise us.

 Doug and Linda

 Denise is checking out the beard.

 Dave and Janice meet after 19 days.

 Doug, Linda, Dave, Janice, Willis and Denise

 Pulled the boat out of the bay and on the trailer.

The start of our trip home

Day-18 May 22, Monday 5:00 p.m.

We made it to our final destination at 12:30 today. The Bahia Mar Marine in Pensacola, FL. Our final sleep over.

 Mobile Bay is a good size body of water. We got lucky again that the wind and water cooperated. With a small breeze we still had two foot chop.

 Thirty miles later heading south-east from our Mobile marina we made it to the intracoastal waterway.

 A short distance in the waterway we stopped at a restaurant for breakfast.

 As we approached Pensacola the water was blue and sandy beaches appeared.

 Our marina for the night. Bahia Mar Marine in Pensacola, FL 

The final dock approach for the trip.

 Day-18 May 22, Monday 7:00 a.m.

Yesterday we made 142 miles from Bobby's Fish Camp. We arrived at 5:00 p.m.

We are sitting at Dog River Marina in Mobile AL. this morning we are planning our trip to Pensacola, FL today. There is an intracoastal water way we will be taking. 

Our dinner last night was just across the harbor. It rained hard with lot's of lighting.

A Pelican met us at the harbor.

The view looking into Mobile Bay. This is one mile away from the zero mile marker. We have made our entire river journey.

A lift bridge that was raised for a tug boat. We went under at the same time, no delay. If the bridge would not have been raised the clearance is only 10 feet. Not high enough for us to get under.

The harbor has many tugs, ships and ship yards

A navy ship in port.

 Day-17 May 21, Monday 6:20

The Rat Babes have made it to Nashville today. The stopped at Paducah last night to spend the night.

Our hope is they find the way to Pensacola on Wednesday

Day-16 May 20, Sunday. 6:30 p.m.

Bobby's Fish Camp, Silas, AL. 

If you look at the map to the right are staying one mile above the Coffeeville Lock and Dam. 

Donna and Jane greeted us when we arrived. Dave got in a photo with them. They made us a great catfish dinner. We experienced the best hospitality and they were very accommodating as well.

 Dinner included catfish, hushpuppies, fries and coleslaw. More than we could eat.

Our resting spot for the night.

We passed our first sail boat on the trip. It's really not a sail boat. They should call them a power boat with a mast.

Day-16 May 20, Sunday. 5:30 p.m.

Bobby's Fish Camp, Silas, AL. 98 miles today.

We made it to Bobby's Fish Camp at 4:00 p.m. Tied up to the gas dock, filled up and ready for tomorrow.

 This is the Demopolis Lock and Dam at  Demopolis, AL. If you look to the right it looks like more of the river. When you look at the lower two photos you will see a view of the river looking upstream, it's a 40 foot drop . If a boater was not paying attention he is over the dam.

 This is the worst dam on the river. Very poor river danger markings above the dam.

 You can see the dam in the background.

 The entire journey has unbelievable beauty. Much more interesting than I expected.

The lower Tombigbee River on the Black Warrior River has a lot of bends on it.

 It is Sunday and the river has many pleasure boats out. We saw 10 tugs today so they work on Sunday.

Day-16 May 20, Sunday.

Bobby's Fish Camp, Silas, AL.  Gators and Snakes