Today was a traveling day of leisure; we slept in, left the dock to go only 1/2 mile to our 1st and only lock of the day. The three hour trip was inspired by mother nature, that is, except for the scene of an accident.
Two days ago a 42 foot boat passed a tug too closely and the boat capsized and sank within 15 seconds. The tug captain upon seeing the accident called to a following pleasure boat informing the captain that a boat had sunk and that there were 4 people in the water. Fortunately the 4 people were rescued with no one being hurt. Unfortunately the boat didn't fare so well. It was raised by four divers this morning at 2:00 AM and brought to the very marina we are staying in. The owners were traveling the loop for the 2nd time; and had totally refurbished everything in the boat. The cleaning job will be expensive and time consuming.
This accident reinforced our respect for Tow Boats and their barges.
Oh! I almost forgot another highlight(?). We left Mississippi at mile marker 313.7 and entered Alabama ---- but we returned in about a half mile.
NO PICTURES!! The Internet isn't strong enough in Aliceville, Alabama (are you surprised?).
We may not have Internet at all tomorrow - we'll see.
Tomorrow we travel 36 miles to an anchorage in the Sumter Landing Recreation Area.
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