October 31, 2009

Port Departed: Pirates Cove Marina, Pickensville AL
Port Arrived: Anchorage Taylor Creek, AL
Miles Traveled Today: 64 miles
Total Miles Traveled to Date: 758
Hours Traveled Today: 8.5
Total Hours Traveled: 129.5

It rained this morning shortly after pulling out of the Pirates Cove Marina at 9:00AM. The sun came out about 1:00PM and the temp hit 70 degrees. I ate 2 glazed donuts for breakfast as I huddled in the cabin as Nohabo the auto pilot steered the boat down the river. Once the sun came out I cooked up steak soup as Nohablo continued to steer the boat.

As the sun began to set, I saw a little creek that ran into the main river. Decided to back into the creek about 100 feet to get out of the current and anchor for the night. I used two anchors. First anchor I set was one of the bow .As I dropped an anchor off the stern of the boat, I heard a voice from the shore. There was a man. He introduced himself and said that his name was Tom. He owned the hunting cabin next to the creek. He invited me to dinner. I told him that I had no way to get to shore. He told me to have a good evening and left. I cooked up a can of Chef Boy Ardee Ravioli. Updated the log and crawled into my sleeping bag.

The current in the Tenn-Tom was at least 3 knots today. A very strong current caused by all of the rain fall. The only disturbances were the tow boats that passed in the night. I swear that you can hear them for 45 minutes before they pass.