Black Warrior-Tombigbee

Leaving Demopolis, we were now on the Black Warrior part of the waterway. 217 miles to Mobile Bay with not much in between. Parts of the trip was scenic, part boring. But winding and curving it was not ! It began to seem that there was nary any long straight stretches in this waterway. Many, many winding "s" curves and switchbacks. It was not unusual to go through a period of curves on the waterway, only to look at the big picture on the chart to find we were a mile away from an earlier point ! This first picture is the site of the infamous tow-railroad bridge disaster.


At this point, we began our alligator watch since they are found in this part of the country. We're now in Alabama.

This was the best I could do about something that might be an alligator. Gail and John on Our Time had a better one.

We anchored out several nights along this part---no other choice except the one night we wer able to tie up to the dock at Bobby's Fish Camp. We asked Bobby how far it was to Coffeeville--he said one mile on the gravel, 2 miles on the highway. After biking one mile on the uphill gravel, and 4 miles on the highway, we gave up. Never did get to town but we limped around for a couple days.

Ivy covered forest.

Bob takes a rest from driving.

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There were interesting things along the way and a lot of wildlife which I would forget to take pictures of until it was too late. Deer which were smaller than the ones up north, pelicans, hundreds of mud hens which would fly in front of the boat.


Moss covered trees. Anchoring, there were 3-4-5 boats which rafted together. Dinner was usually the evening social on someone's boat with everyone bringing their own drink and something to share. It was a pleasant way to end the day and plan possible stays and alternatives for the next day.

Plan to be in Mobile on Friday.