Oct. 29-31, 2017 Bay Springs to Columbus, MS

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Oct. 29:  Left Bay Springs Marina and headed to the nearby Aberdeen Lock .  We passed by this beach which is probably teaming with people on a normal Sunday – but today the temps were in the 40s.  
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I’m wearing so many layers including leggings under my jeans and one pair wrapped around my neck.  I was ill-prepared for this level of cold. 
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Terry across the way in the lock also has a million layers on. 
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Lots of dead heads just outside the channel, you can’t stray very far from the center line. 
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The name of this tow was Tom Huckabee.  Seems like it should have been Tom and Huck. 
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“Oh suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour, October’s bright blue weather.”  By Helen Hunt Jackson

 

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Sunset at the Midway Marina.  The word “desolate” comes to mind.  Or perhaps “bleak.”  However, we actually had a fun evening watching the Astros win over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series.  
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Oct. 30:  Nice to wake up to the classic eagle in a dead tree.  Sadly parted ways with the Wells who are staying in Midway for the next few days awaiting friends from Vancouver to arrive. 
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Navigation for the next 400 miles is pretty simple:  Just go south. 
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Oh my!  The Loch Ness Monster slithers by. 
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Anchored in Blue Bluff Lagoon.  Not sure why white bluffs are considered blue, but the surrounding sky and water  help out. (BTW, very tricky, narrow channel to get into the anchorage – we saw 4 feet, then anchored in 9 feet).  
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So on our Placemat of Life, the third picture down on the left was taken in this anchorage.  Arrow from the picture nicely points to where we are.  Also included, the remnants of the generator’s impeller.  Bob replaced that one on Sunday.  Apparently it’s “Change the Impeller Week” in Looper’s World. 
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Oct. 31:  Halloween sunrise.
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Morning sunlight turned the bluffs to orange. 
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In today’s lock I noted this boat/business sticker on the floating bollard.  Sensation Designer Fishing Team: Seems like an interesting mix of words/concepts. 
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Passage to the Columbus Marina went by a pond area filled with Pelicans. 
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Nice to see fall flowers still in bloom.  Happy Halloween everyone!

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