What a momentous day! We had limited TV reception last night but did hear the news about the Obama election. We are way down here in red state land—here’s hoping that our differences can be bridged.
We have seen over a hundred barges now and thought we had seen every configuration. However, we were rounding a turn and surprise—the “Jo Anne Stegbauer” was sideways across the river. We did not get an immediate response from them and wondered if they were in trouble. Turns out that this is how they do crew changes and the process takes less than 10 minutes.
We anchored tonight in the Sumpter Recreation area. Here’s a picture of “Baby Grand” at this beautiful anchorage. We took the dinghy to shore and hiked around and saw wildlife—snakes and armadillos. We even heard that they have alligators in the area—tick, tick, tick.
We have seen over a hundred barges now and thought we had seen every configuration. However, we were rounding a turn and surprise—the “Jo Anne Stegbauer” was sideways across the river. We did not get an immediate response from them and wondered if they were in trouble. Turns out that this is how they do crew changes and the process takes less than 10 minutes.
We anchored tonight in the Sumpter Recreation area. Here’s a picture of “Baby Grand” at this beautiful anchorage. We took the dinghy to shore and hiked around and saw wildlife—snakes and armadillos. We even heard that they have alligators in the area—tick, tick, tick.
