Good thing is that we were close to the next lock only 3 mins away. Call to the lock keeper said we could come on up the gates were open. Easy locking and a nice quiet journey along the River section.Not many fisherman and not many barges along the way.
Lots of grey and white herons however and even some pairs of these wonderful graceful birds. We did past the spectatular Epes white cliffs just before we arrived in early afternoon 
At the Demopolis Marina.we fuelled up at the Demopolis dock we then moved around to Kingfisher Marina( it's all part of the same Marina) Found out that the tow boats put in anywhere between 5, 000 and 30, 0000 gallons a fill.The Mariina here does between 300, 000 to 400, 000 gallons per month!
We were directed to a wonderful covered slip.Lots of big boats in here and many are long term transients .Many of them waiting til November when they are able to travel south.
and their insurance will cover them by then .Hurricane season should be over in November as far as insurance companies are concerned.
Cat Daddy Captain came over for drinks around 5pm .
He is doing the Loop partly on his own .Later we took the courtesy car and went to the Red Barn ( the "in" restaurant in town.Great fun, quirky decor and lovely waitresses .The food was excellent.Cat fish and steaks are their speciality. We sampled both plus the blackberry cobbler and icecream.Back to the boat trying to get there inside the 2 hours limit.That can be a bit stressful sometimes, but worth it.Grame and John watched a football game on TV and ladies went to bed with computers and books.
Over and Out
E and G.
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