The second half is the Black Warrior-Tombigbee from Demopolis to Mobile and is 217 miles. The landscape varies from being pretty to to being pretty desolate and sometimes boring. There are many marinas in the northern part of the waterway and some anchorages. The waterway was officially opened in 1985 at a cost of 2 million dollars. As we neared Columbus, MS there were many of these planes flying overhead. This is the base for the jet trainers.In many of the locks, the bollards to which the boat lines are tied to keep the boat stable are decorated with decals and graffiti. This one was stamped with stamps from the St. Paul Carpenters Union and the Local Electrical Union 110.
-There was a fishing contest going on with 140 contestants. I think all 140 of them passed us going 90 miles an hour (aat least it seemed like it). Many of them were wearing crash helmets and you can understand why because they would veer past our boat into the wake sometimes being as close as 10-15 feet off our bow !!!
Here is one of the many spillways along the way.
This stone monument is a memorial to the town of Holcut which is the only town which had to be moved to build the Tenn-Tom.
One of the more desolate looking places-but pretty in its own way. How do you think that boat gets in to shore with all those tree stumps?This is the Tom Bevill Visitor center and the snagboat Montgomery. We anchored here one night with Gail and John from Our Time and Jim and Judy from Wanderlust. We dinghied to the dock the next morning and toured both
which were very interesting. The house actually was built in the 1980's to commemorate the building of the Waterway and has a replica of it on display. The house is decorated in period antiques of the 1800's. It was worth waiting for the doors to open.
One of the displays in the center and the garden view overlooking the Bevill dam.
This is the entrance to Aberdeen Marina. The entrance wound its way through the cypress knees into a nice harbor which had the least expensive fuel on the waterway.
These are the white cliffs at Epes-----------
And here are pictures of the dam at the Demopolis Lock early in the morning. The lockmasters were all very nice and there was little to no waiting on the Tenn-Tom. In all, we have gone through 27 locks. This is the last one and actually is on the Black Warrior part of the waterway.
