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Just resting |
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While abandoned barges were common, it was unusual to see one loaded. |
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AA Phone Home |
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A reminder that our communications had fallen a least a generation back. |
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Are you sure? |
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Can't be the channel, look at all the plants! |
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Time to get movin' |
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AA at Smithville marina, daybreak. |
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Fill'er up? |
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Hey, it works! |
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Unique houseboat |
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A wooden houseboat caught Ruth's eye. |
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Details in wood |
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The houseboat featured a lot of carving and cool woodwork. |
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Morning fog |
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Geese moved in the fog while we waited for a clearing to leave. |
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Departing Smithville |
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The haze is being generated by 40 degree weather, moving on. |
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Marina Logroller |
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The floating water hyacinths filled the marina. |
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Fishin' |
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Ruth caught this fisherman in the morning haze. |
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Hazy day |
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The waterfowl didn't mind but we did - there was always the chance of getting socked in. |
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Finally - a system |
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At Green Turtle a sailor gave us a system for mooring to lock bollards that we modified to work on AA - nice! |
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Timber rules |
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Another log loader reminds us of the importance of wood products to the waterway. |
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Lake-like shores |
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Most of the mid Tenn-Tom is a series of impoundments with lake-like shores. |
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Moss marks climate |
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We can see that we are getting into a more temperate climate. |
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Ice? |
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Nope, looked like it, but it was foam from a dam spillway. |
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Tombigbee River |
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Actually that wide portion is the canal, the small creek to the left is the river. |
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Reason number 10 |
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for avoiding the short bus |
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Snagger |
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A paddlewheel driven Corps boat that had been used to remove deadheads and obstructions from the waterway - now a museum. |
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Fellow travelers |
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Tiramisu traveled with us on a couple of different occassions. |
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South and West |
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A westbound train crosses as Tiramisu approaches the white cliffs. |
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White cliffs |
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A very dramatic bank of sculptured rock. |
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By will alone |
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A patch of vegetation clings to a portion of the cliffs. |
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Chips ahoy! |
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A tow of woodchips destined for a paper mill. |
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Living on the edge |
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The river is relentless - house for sail cheap. |
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Another bargain |
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Fixer-upper, waterfront, great view, open to offers. |
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