We left early around 9.15 am as there was a lock close by and another boat was leaving at the same time from Kingfisher.They recommended we try to go in together.Easy entry wth no waiting.
Still on the TennTom waterway in the river section.
Came across some lovely while cliffs for about 6 milestone we took the photo opportunity.
Then we developed a windscreen wiper issue, the water would not stop running.
Always something with a boat.Tried a solution which didn't work so keep going .Wepassd the famous Rooster Bridge no witha 121.8 ft high clearance.
The old bridge has an interesting story which we wil let the pictures tell!
Apparently the locals sold Roosters to pay for the bridge so it got named that way. So said the waitress at the Red Barn.
Lovely scenery and again not too much traffic along the way. We saw lots of white and blue herons.
Went through a second lock and we were amazed to see about 16 white herons sitting on the lock walls, some even on the bolsters where we tied our lines.They enjoyed the 34 ft ride we guessed!
Finally found Bashi Creek a narrow but safe and calm anchorage.. Here we had to pull out the secondary anchor Erica worked the bow anchor ,Lynne and Johnthe stern anchor and Graeme coordinated the process.Great team work and we soon were secure.
Then Erica and Lynne went for a dingy ride up the creek for about a mile
We recorded depths of 10 to 30 ft.Felt we were n America's Amazon River exploring!
Poor and Bess's Summertime song came to mind also. Fish were indeed jumping .A young bright blue heron followed us almost back to the boat. Lynne said she had seen a humming bird join us as we had entered the creek.
A couple of boaters passed us later in the creek checking out the fishing prospects.
Evening it was still too hot to eat outside unfortunately , but we had a wonderful dinner of chicken tandoori, rice and salad inside in the air con.
Over and Out,
E and G.
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