Start of the Tenn-Tom 10-29-08

There was frost on the pumpkins this morning with a temp of 38 degrees. The weather the past few days has been blustery and in the 50’s. We decide not to go further up the Tennessee River but head back down river and take the turn south for the Tenn-Tom Waterway. We want to get warm.

The Tenn-Tom Waterway connects the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers. It is 253 miles long and empties into the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile. It was built from 1972 to 1985 and it was more extensive to build than the Panama Canal. If it were not here, Loopers would have to use the Mississippi River with very swift currents and a lot of barge traffic. We are glad it’s here.

We left Florence and headed back down river 43 miles towards the beginning of the Tenn-Tom and pulled into Aqua Harbor for 2 days while our buddy boat, “Rose’s Pick”, gets "fluid replacements." They have a courtesy car here and we will head to another Civil War Interpretive Center at Corinth on Thursday.