Day-15 May 19, Saturday 6:30 a.m.

Pickensville, AL. at the Pirates Marina Cove. We have over 100 miles to go today.

We know our schedule now that we have less uncertainty of locks and weather on the big lakes.

Saturday night-Demopolis.

Sunday night-Bobby's Fish Camp

Monday night-Mobile

Tuesday night-Pensacola

Wednesday night-Hotel and on the way home

We made it here early last night at 3:00 p.m. It feels good to unwind early rather than getting in near dark.

Line tender Douglas holding the floating bollard.

 A barge getting loaded on the Tombigbee River. It looks like Cypress mulch.

 One standard 15-barge river tow has the same capacity as 1,050 trucks and 216 rail cars pulled by six locomotives.

Barges move 1 ton of grain 500 miles on a single gallon of fuel. Compare that to semi trucks that moves 1 ton of grain only 60 miles on a single gallon. This one is located in Iowa. We have seen a great many grain elevators on the trip.