m/v Erika Lin's Adventures: Demopolis, AL to Bobby's Fish Camp

Date November 17, 2011

Day 142
Departure Kingfisher bay Marina, Demopolis, AL 6:35 am

Arrival        Bobby's Fish Camp, Silas, AL 5:00 pm
Miles    97.2
Cumulative   3251.1

At 6:35 am our lines were cast off our lines and we left the marina along with eight other boats, all headed to the Demopolis Lock. When we arrived at the lock, there were three more boats waiting to lock through;

that made twelve boats! The lock was extremely full!

NautiNell, Jerimiah and Lifestyles II

Sweet Pea on the left, Cat n' Around on the right

In April 1979 the river was at a record 24 feet above flood stage and was within a few feet of the Rooster Bridge, a steel drawbridge. The tug, Cahaba got caught in the powerful current, turned the boat sideways then pushed the tug under the bridge. The tug rolled and eyewitnesses heard the sound of it being scraped along the underside of the bridge. But because the tug had a lot of cement ballast, it popped up on the other side!

Remnants of the Rooster Bridge

This portion of the river is extremely twisty. Although the Waterway is only a thousand feet through trees on our right, we must travel almost three miles by water to get there!

Note the curvy river on the left picture. Our position is the red boat. See how close the waterway is!

See those orange balls on that BIG yacht below? That is where we will be spending the night! The boat, "Sensation", is docked at Bobby’s Fish Camp. Bobby’s dock is only 160 feet long. Sensation is 112 feet long, Sweet Pea (44 feet long) is docked in front of it, and Loop Dreams (41 feet long) is rafted to Sweet Pea. We will be rafting to Sensation!