Petrified sand dollars & sharks teeth...

Our handy book from friend,  Fred Myers, called The Tenn-Tom Nitty-Gritty Cruise Guide, suggested that one might find pretrified sand dollars & sharks teeth at mile marker 107.0, so since we didn't have a long day of motoring on Monday, we stopped to try our luck.  We didn't find any petrified sand dollars & sharks teeth, but we found other interesting things to see.  The first few seconds are of the towboat named "Honest Bob".  Most appropriate.

Sorry, that I am just now posting video taken on Monday, but I haven't had a very good internet connection and this one isn't all that good, either, but will make do.

PART I



PART II

I am posting this on Wed. as we are heading for mile marker 12 today.  As we went past mile marker 21, we saw the new swing bridge which is to be set in place when they close this section of the river Sunday Oct. 30 thru Nov. 2. We had earlier heard that the river would be closed on Oct. 27 thru the 2nd for this project, but just a couple days ago we were hearing otherwise.  They said the closure wouldn't take place until Oct. 30th. Either way, we will be past this section of river by the end of today!  Hurrray! Sorry about the bridge video, I must have not been recording when I thought I was, but you get the idea.  Also, shot some video of a big alligator sunny himself along the bank. 

Our first encounter with a gator was Monday night as we took Wicket to shore for her 9:00p.m. potty walk.  We dinghied over to the boat ramp in the dark, as I held the flashlight on the shore.  There was something reflecting in the water near shore. As we got near we could tell it was a 3' gator within about 9' of the boat ramp.  The camp host, Don Johnson, later told us that the little cove we were anchored in was infested with the criters.

  I'm sure we will see many more alligators, so will try to get some better footage of them.