Departing our anchorage this morning, we passed the tug Mr. Gus taking on a big load of fuel directly from a tanker truck that was parked on the boat launch ramp. They had to wait for one of the ubiquitous bass boats to be launched at daybreak, before they could use the ramp for this purpose.
Mr. Gus is the service tug for this dredging operation, just around the corner and downstream from our anchorage.
Along the banks, some type of mineral in the soil made the rocks look like they were bleeding.
We soon came to these white chalk cliffs at Epes, Alabama.
The cruising guidebook says these cliffs rival the White Cliffs of Dover.
These cliffs lined the right descending bank of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway for about a mile, and then were gone.
Shortly after, we turned left into Rattlesnake Bend, just off the Waterway, where we had located a secure anchorage away from the main channel. Tropical storm Ida is coming ashore 217 miles south of us at Mobile, and a lot of rain is coming our way.
We set securely on our anchor for the next two nights, about 4 ½ miles up this oxbow, to wait out the storm.
The second night, the rain let up and we caught a brief glimpse of a raspberry sunset, a sign that tomorrow would be a better day.
Departing our anchorage this morning, we passed the tug Mr. Gus taking on a big load of fuel directly from a tanker truck that was parked on the boat launch ramp. They had to wait for one of the ubiquitous bass boats to be launched at daybreak, before they could use the ramp for this purpose.
Mr. Gus is the service tug for this dredging operation, just around the corner and downstream from our anchorage.
Along the banks, some type of mineral in the soil made the rocks look like they were bleeding.
We soon came to these white chalk cliffs at Epes, Alabama. 
The cruising guidebook says these cliffs rival the White Cliffs of Dover.
These cliffs lined the right descending bank of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway for about a mile, and then were gone.
Shortly after, we turned left into Rattlesnake Bend, just off the Waterway, where we had located a secure anchorage away from the main channel. Tropical storm Ida is coming ashore 217 miles south of us at Mobile, and a lot of rain is coming our way.
We set securely on our anchor for the next two nights, about 4 ½ miles up this oxbow, to wait out the storm.
The second night, the rain let up and we caught a brief glimpse of a raspberry sunset, a sign that tomorrow would be a better day.
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