RumpShaker Adventure 10/15

We say goodbye to Cojumbus Marina with fair skys and no storms in the near forecast.  Both the Stennis and Bevill LDs are good to us and have the doors open and waiting for us to lock through!  This means we will have no problem making our anchorage at MM270.6 before dusk - which is coming earlier and earlier... 

But first things first.  After the Stennis LD, the Tenn-Tom changes character.  It looks much more like a river.  There are a lot of water marks and downed trees on the banks.  Could be a int of things to come...

Along the way, we have to motor through pods of water hyacinth, sometimes so thick it looks like the water ends.  Apparently, there was a time not too long ago that this water hyacinth thretened to take over many of the small bays along the Tenn-Tom.  It's really pretty, often with small pink flowers and the roots are only a few inches long so to drive through a thin patch isn't a danger to the props.

We reach our anchorage at MM270.6 around 3:30PM.  Plenty of time to get the dogs up to shore and settle in for the night.  There are 2 other boats here with us and some campers on shore.  It is a great anchorage, well out of the channel and with a boat ramp within 250 feet of us to get the dogs up with PITA.