Tues - Wed, On to Demopolis

Here it is Friday and we finally have a decent internet connection so that we can post updates to the blog. Jeff was able to post a couple of times because his mission of bringing everyone up to date on the whereabouts and goings on with Westin was of the utmost priority. Oh, and his computer has a much better wifi card than mine so he was able to make internet connections at some spots that made me question his heritage. (He has a Mac, I have a PC if that answers any questions).

The continuing ride down the Tenn-Tom was a stretch of over 200 miles to Demopolis with not a lot of changing scenery. One of the highlights was the stretch of canal along the white cliffs of Epes. This appears to be a very white limestone material that has been carved by the river over many years. There are also large "ponds" of Hyacinth plants/blossoms that float down the river, creating hallucinations of large logs or piles of dirt that have to be avoided at the last minute.

A real high point of the week was when I received a message back from my insurance company to let me know that we would be allowed to continue traveling south past the 32nd parallel without waiting until November 15th. This will now give us a good chance to reaching Burnt Store Marina (our revised destination) by next weekend if the weather and boat gremlins permit.

We took on fuel in Demopolis for $2.94/gal, which is turning out to be about the average we have been paying. Only once have we paid over $3.00, and our lowest was the $2.59 we paid in Keokuk.