Old goat in a tin boat...

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Day 13 pics

Cliff Yarbrough of Waverly marine takes our picture prior to leaving...

Corps. of Engineers retired snagboat "Montgomery" is open to the public...

Thanks to Cliff yarbrough,best lunch of the trip....

river has under mined an old fishing/hunting camp...

 

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Day 14 when you leave Minnesota and smell salt water

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Day 14 pics

early morning start from Demopolis...

birds feed on minnows trapped on lock gate ledge

dangerous and un-marked falls beside Demopolis lock

lower Tombigbee twists,turns and actually runs north in places...

 

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Day 14 pics

Dumarse leaves a pretty morning wake on lower tombigbee....

lower river turns into bayou country..

Leroy and Hudson McEntire join Mike and i for best meal of the trip at Dreamland Ribs..Mobile,Al.

Dumarse's route from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.....

 

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Day 15....Today was a good day...today was a bad day....

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Day 15 pics

Mobile skyline in the distance across the bay

Mobile Bay a little intimidating in a small boat

ominous clouds build up in the drection we are going

riding out a downpour under a dock in Mobile Bay...

 

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Day 15 pics

Really rough water was behind us when this pic was taken....

actual GPS track...note turn toward shore when storm hit...and...staying there remainder of way up Pensacola bay....

 

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Day 16...it's a long ways to the bank in this lake..

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day 16 pics

Ft. Walton bay is big......

intracoastal canal between Ft. Walton and Panama City...

headed toward the bank away from the thunderstorm.....

 

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day 16 pics

nose on bank til storm passes....open water no place to be in thunderstorm.....

cypress trees line bank of intracoastal water between Panama city and Apalachicola...

GPS track showing Dumarse staying close to the bank....

 

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Day 17....Apalachicola to Lake Seminole

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Day 17 pics

Apalachicola...beyond the bridge is St. George bay leading into Gulf of Mexico...

Shanty boat hunting camp with dog kennel floating downstream....if rope breaks,it's gonna give new meaning to term "dog gone".......

typical Apalachicola river scenery....

 

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Day 17 pics

this boat had a bad day....

lock at Seminole dam closes behind us....last of 41 locks for the trip...

idling into boat basin at Spring Creek park on lake Seminole...

 

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Day 18....Dream Lived-Journey Complete

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Day 18 pics

Jim and I get an early start headed up lake Seminole to the river...

5 ft. of depth isn't much in a rocky river...

flat spot above trolling motor head is only water deep enough to cross these shoals...

left is shallow-right is just deep enough...

note how shallow water is we are running in...