Yesterday morning we planned on leaving Florence Harbor Marina at 8:00. So, we called the Wilson Lockmaster to see if there were any tows that we had to wait for. There was one, but it had 16 barges and the Lockmaster told us to wait about 3 hours before coming out of the harbor. Florence Harbor is right outside of the canal that leads to the lock. We listened to the marine radio and later heard him tell a pleasure boat that the wait was 45 minutes. So, we waited 30 minutes and got in line. There were four of us in the lock together. This is the biggest lift that we have seen so far. It says it has a 93 foot lift, but our depth finder before we went up read 26 feet and after it read 104 feet. Wow! It was extremely turbulent and really hard to keep the boat off of the lock wall. Both of us had tired arms when we pulled out of there.
We arrived at Joe Wheeler State Park around 2:00 yesterday. This park is in a beautiful setting. WIFI is only in the lodge lobby, so I hope that I still manage to keep up with the blog. I promise to try.
Today we stocked up on groceries. There is no courtesy car here. Norm's van is here right now, but after the weekend he has to travel in it for work. He won't be back until it's time to go to Cancun. So, what we have now will have to make it until we leave for Cancun.
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