Day #130: Up at 6:00 A.M. for coffee, cookies and peach. Sunny, 42 degrees and north winds sustained winds in the mid-teens with gusts mid-twenties. IT'S COLD! Something new that we are learning about now that we are in Mobile Bay is tidal waters. Today we are being very cautions as the water is being pushed out of Dog River into Mobile Bay with the north winds and low tide is at 10:00 A.M. Some boats are already sitting on the bottom. At 8:30 Bruce from "Bay Tripper" helped Mike and I work on the reverse for the starboard engine. After about 1/2 hour Bruce and Mike believe that we have fixed the issue (YEAH!). While we were working on the engine I turned on the Garmin at that time we were in 4.8 feet of water with low tide still occur. Yesterday when we arrived the dock was even with the boat but today I'm having to crawl up on the dock to get off the boat. At 10:12 A.M. Bruce, Bev, Mike and I took the courtesy van to the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park where we toured the "USS Alabama" and "USS Drum" (submarine). We had lunch at the Battleship Memorial Park. At 1:00 P.M. we headed to Piggly Wiggly to get some groceries. We headed back to the boats at 2:00 P.M. Mike and I watched Michigan versus Rutgers. Mike and I started looking at the weather and winds and we decided that we probably should leave tomorrow. I called Bev asking if Mike and I could come over after the game to talk about the possibility of leaving tomorrow. I called Homeport Marina in Gulf Shores, AL where I was able to make reservations for "Parrot Bay" and "Bay Tripper". At halftime of the game, Mike and I headed over to talk to Bruce and Bev we decided to leave tomorrow. Mike and I headed back to our boat to finish watching the football game before getting the boat ready for departure. Michigan won 42-7.
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| Walked by a boat on the gas dock this is what was sitting on the boat. |
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| Learning about tides and water being blown out of the river to the bay. |
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| Battleship Memorial Park. The flags are in honor of Veteran's day! USS Alabama in the background. |
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Mark 8 16"/45 Armor Piercing Projectile. 
Mike, Bruce and Bev enjoy touring the "USS Alabama". 
Mike and I enjoy touring the USS Alabama (thanks Bev). 
Awesome view from the bow of the USS Alabama.  
View of the Mobile Skyline from up on top of the "USS Alabama".
 "USS Drum" (submarine) 
SR-71 Blackbird 
Calamity Jane, a B-52 Bomber 
Bell from the "USS Alabama".
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