10/26/2021 Aqua Yacht Harbor and Midway Marina
After staying at the very small marinas in Cuba Landing and Clifton, it was nice to pull into a very big and nice marina, Aqua Yacht Harbor. We ended up staying for 3 nights, waiting out some rainy weather. We were able to take one of their loaner vehicles to buy a few things at the grocery store and visit the hardware store. We also stopped at a restaurant, Cades Grill, and had a terrific breakfast. I had the chicken and waffles and Dan ended up with not only eggs, French toast, and bacon, but also biscuits and gravy! We both ate every bit!
A pretty large contingent of Looper boats left the morning of 10/30. They all planned to stop just short of the first lock of the three that can be done in one day.
This part of the journey is in the TennTom Waterway, an artificially created canal that connects the Tennessee and the Tombigbee rivers. We arrived at the area, where there were numerous anchorage opportunities at 2:00 p.m. We decided to keep going, go through the three locks, and stop at the Midway Marina. Assuming the locking went well, we should arrive at the marina well before dark. The locking did go well, but there was one very slow sailboat that was following us. At every lock, we had to wait at least 20 minutes for them to arrive. That put us arriving at the Midway Lock just at dark. The day was really chilly, gray, and damp – we were really ready to stop. I was delighted to hear that there was a restaurant on site that was still open! Yay! The food was good old Southern style – we had fried green tomatoes for an appetizer. We both had a full meal and then a warm brownie with ice cream for dessert! Yum.
For the next two nights, we were likely to be anchoring out. There are so many boats coming down these rivers right now, that what marinas there are, are completely full.
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