We had a very peaceful night’s sleep for our first time anchoring with direct river current. This morning was partly sunny and 69 degrees as we raised the anchor at 8am.
We checked AIS which indicated that Lock #2, 14 miles away, already had a lot of barge traffic waiting to lock through. We meandered up the river and anchored at 10am waiting for our turn to go through. By 11am, 3 other boats had joined our little flotilla and we received permission to load up the lock with one pusher leading. This lock goes up only 12 feet, but from the time all the lock lines are tied and the water comes in and out, it was 12:30. We worked hard and earned chips with lunch today.
We decided to anchor in the Cumberland Island Towhead which is at the confluence with the Cumberland River which we will take tomorrow. “Joy@Sea” ducked in first to test depth and found it low on the NE section of the towhead. There were also some deadheads in the anchorage area so he reanchored towards the entrance to the towhead and we followed suit.
By 4pm, there were 6 Looper boats all tucked in nicely for the evening. Madison on “Joy@Sea” took out his dinghy and went to each boat offering to take pictures of each couple. Thank you Madison. It was humid and 85 degrees which explains our attire. We hope to even out our “tans’ by the time we get to FL.
We had a full moon off our bow and our stern was illuminated for about 2 hours with a barge spotlight as they waited to lock through the next lock. It created a different type of ambience and enough light to read.
We checked AIS which indicated that Lock #2, 14 miles away, already had a lot of barge traffic waiting to lock through. We meandered up the river and anchored at 10am waiting for our turn to go through. By 11am, 3 other boats had joined our little flotilla and we received permission to load up the lock with one pusher leading. This lock goes up only 12 feet, but from the time all the lock lines are tied and the water comes in and out, it was 12:30. We worked hard and earned chips with lunch today.
We decided to anchor in the Cumberland Island Towhead which is at the confluence with the Cumberland River which we will take tomorrow. “Joy@Sea” ducked in first to test depth and found it low on the NE section of the towhead. There were also some deadheads in the anchorage area so he reanchored towards the entrance to the towhead and we followed suit.
By 4pm, there were 6 Looper boats all tucked in nicely for the evening. Madison on “Joy@Sea” took out his dinghy and went to each boat offering to take pictures of each couple. Thank you Madison. It was humid and 85 degrees which explains our attire. We hope to even out our “tans’ by the time we get to FL.
We had a full moon off our bow and our stern was illuminated for about 2 hours with a barge spotlight as they waited to lock through the next lock. It created a different type of ambience and enough light to read.
