Sunday 5/17/09 Hooray! We stayed in one place all night. Had a restful nights sleep. Quite different from January. Our travel today was wet. Rain most of the day which made for some pretty sights of the mist raising from the trees along the bank. Fortunately no lightning today and not much traffic. Got passed while trawlering by Seven J's, a 110' Lazzarra yacht. This is the same guy we heard getting yelled at by the lock master at Coffeeville because he gave the lock master some guff. It wasn't long and the Alabama Marine Police came on the radio also and told him they had received several complaints about his wake. Unfortunately for him if he's moving he's throwing a wake. Any way we let him go and about an hour later we picked up our speed and motored up to Demopolis, Al. Not many floaters today but still plenty of current to contend with. Demopolis is the first marina north of Mobile so it's a popular spot. We took on fuel and off loaded waste. A good trade in any book!

Monday 5/18/09 47 degrees this morning! I think we should head back South but Pam says we're going home. At least it was dry and calm. Three locks and 117 miles later we arrived in Columbus, Ms. where we had left Tourist for the Christmas/New Years holiday. Once we got secured I walked across the marina grounds to check on Broulee which we had last seen as we left Ft. Myers for the Bahamas. All looked well. Even the bikes were still in place on the top deck!Seems that when Broulee left Legacy Harbor they were minus their bikes and had to return to pick them up. Bummer!

Since we left Columbus back in January we have travelled 3318 miles in Tourist. Just a few more to go before we get back to Midtown.