We had a daytime high of 17F. It felt balmy. If only all the days could be like this. We went down the portion they call The Cut, or The Divide. It is 24 miles of ditch that they dug out of the land to connect the Tennessee River and the Tom Bigbee River. Apparently they dug out more for this than the Panama Canal. The colour of the water was a dirty brown colour, reminding us of the Mississippi. Down the ditch there a lot of run off areas from what they call disposal areas. The running running into the ditch was the same brown colour. There also was a tremendous amount of debris in the river around the Aqua Yacht area, and frequently as made our way down. After clearing "the ditch" the water became some of the clearest we have seen so far on the trip.
We travelled a relaxing 38 miles, with no barges, and arrived at Bay Springs Marina. Just as we were arriving with about one mile to go the sun disappeared and the storm clouds opened up and soaked us. Then stopped. It was sort of a Bay Springs welcome. Some of the people at Bay Springs are not very hospitable. The guys we originally met yesterday were not very helpful, however the woman Peter talked to today was most helpful.
Today is just too cold to travel on the river. Currently 6F. Friday and Saturday are looking like better travel days.
We are using the courtesy van to go back to Grand Harbor and move the car to Bay Springs.
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