Best laid plans

At last, all of the engine work has been completed.  It has taken longer than we anticipated, and we spent several nights on the hard, climbing up and down ladders to get on and off.  It began to feel like Billy and Sean, the two mechanics doing almost all of the work, were living on board with us. But in the end, they resolved the vibration, and aligned the engines, and Michael is very happy with the end results.

This morning we were meant to resume our travels, and head out across Mobile Bay to the intra coastal waterway's entrance.  We got everything ready last night and said our farewells to the folks we have met here.  Michael was up early (before sunrise), while I didn't wake up until just before 7.  I opened the curtains in the salon - to fog.  Thick, heavy fog.  So much for an early start.

It's now 12:30, and we are still here.  There have been tantalizing patches of blue high up in the sky, but down here at water level we are hard pressed to see more than half a mile.  And so we wait........

We did get started at about 1 pm. Still had some fog to go through.

It did eventually break after a couple of hours as we neared the south of Mobile Bay

Silly birds, we are not a shrimp boat.

We arrived at Lulu's /Homeport Marina, Gulf Shores AL to find preparations for the boat light night well underway.

A shrimp boat no less

While sitting having dinner at Lulu's a tow comes by pushing six barges of coal, single file as the canal is narrow.

The Tug captain shines his very bright light on the bank ahead to ensure he keeps his tow away from the sides of the waterway.

After a pleasant meal and bypassing the gift shop we head back to the boat for the night, admiring the lights on the palm trees.

Today's miles: 34.9

Total miles: 694.6