We left Joe Wheeler State Park yesterday morning at 6:30 A.M. It was cold, cloudy, and drizzling off and on. We went 71 miles, passed through 2 locks, and arrived at Grand Harbor around 2:30 P.M. After getting settled in, Norm and Sue, and John and I borrowed the courtesy car and went to the grocery and to The Rib Cage for dinner.
Today started out about the same way except it rained all day long. It's so gray and cold. Before we left, we took the windshield cover off, in case it rained so hard that we had to drive from the lower helm. In the process of removing the cover, it ripped. The tear is about 24 inches long.
Along the Divide Cut we saw a fox walking along the shore. A little farther, we saw some wild turkeys. Can't you just imagine the feathers flying when the fox made it as far as the turkeys? Hopefully, they got away.
John installed a new marine radio before we left Joe Wheeler. It has an AIS receiver built in. That allows us to see the name of approaching tows on the radio screen. He tied it into the GPS/Chartplotter as well. So, if we put the pointer on the image of the tow, a whole page of information comes up about the tow. It tells us the name, which direction it's traveling, how fast it's going, and what it's carrying among other things. It's really cool.
Today we traveled 56 miles and passed through 3 locks. We spent the entire day in our rain gear. We were happy to arrive at Midway Marina around 2:45 P.M.
I am posting some pictures to this entry from Cancun of the scenery because it's lovely and the weather here is not. Hope it makes you smile like it makes me smile.
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