Photos – Day 19

Trick or Treat

Three locks for the day.
See post for Day 19, Monday 10/31.

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Leaving Wolf Island

Sunrise

Reflecting on Fall

Coots

Coots on the run

Great Blue Herons and White Egrets

Pickwick Lock and Dam is in our future

We start the ascent at 19.9 feet

Look! An owl!

And go up to 77 feet

The lock gates open

Incoming water still bubbles up

A fancy house on Pickwick Lake

Here’s our next turn onto Yellow Creek where the Tenn-Tom starts

Grand Harbor Marina at Pickwick Lake for water

A great blue heron poses for us

Cruising down the Tenn-Tom Waterway

Those are coots

A close look at the coal barge we pass

The James Whitten Lock is ready for us

“Will someone press the down button?”

Halfway there…

98 feet – 14 feet is 84 feet of descent

Large lock gates

Swallows’ nests

“Pull the rope for the butler to let you in.”

And another lock

The “Sonny” Montgomery Lock

A great blue looking for dinner

“Hey check it out – a raft!”

“With two people on it!”

“And a chicken!”

All photos (c) Julie McKay Covert 2011, unless otherwise noted.