Plans

I will be here the rest of this week working on the boat. Right now it is just Peanut the dog and me. Jan or Mrs Hines as her students know her will be here next Monday and we have some exciting plans popping up for us to do before we head up the TTB and onto the Tenn River headed to Chatta andKnoxville. The TTB designation will always be for the Tenn Tom Bigbie Waterway. The plans include a free iol spill concert by Jimmy Buffett on the beach at Gulf Shores to benefit the area of the disaster. I guess famous entertainers from country music to New Orleans jazz musicians are signing on. Just an attempt to get people to come down there. We are also going to anchor out at least one night to try and sharpen or refresh our anchoring skills. I will talk more about the five to one ratio at another time. We are also planning a quick trip up the Black Warrior River before we head to the Tenn River. The W leave Birmingham comes thru Tuscaloosa past the Univ of Al and empties into the TTB right here at Demopolis. Final plan so far to do here is on the FOURTH of JULY when the owner of the restaurant on site is planning a big hoopla up the river at Rattle Snake Bend. Complete with refreshments and food and three bands playing in the sand on a beach there. So we are excited so much to do before we ever leave Demopolis. Thanx for reading and following along. Sincerely Tom. PS those of you who know we had surging problems with the starboard cummins diesel engine the two pumps have been repaired by Ben Seidel in Chicago and installed in the boat for a test run today...YAHOO...Thanx Ben