Day 16 – 17
We got up early on Wednesday morning, 09/23/20, in hopes of beating Tropical Depression Beta to our area, and get to Alred Marina in Guntersville, AL, before she did. We had another glorious morning in which to travel from Ditto Landing, but could already see the menacing clouds on the western horizon.
The harbor master instructed us to tie up anywhere we wanted on F dock, where they house their transients. At first the wall didn’t look hospitable, but once we got closer we saw the 50 amp power outlets we need to power our boat. They just looked a bit different than those at previous marinas. As we were tying up, one of the slip-holders on F dock advised us we might want to pull our boat further down on the dock, where it would be better sheltered from rocking during incoming rain storms, which we really appreciated. He and Steve line-walked the boat down, rather than restarting the engines again. Shortly after that, the rains started coming down as we headed for Alred Marina’s courtesy vehicle to make a lunch and provisions run into the town of Guntersville, which we found to be a pretty little place with its hills and lake inlets everywhere. We found the Walmart right off and then a delicious Mexican restaurant called Los Arcos for a late lunch. We stayed onboard that night for dinner and Bosch episodes, followed by Cheers, which we’re watching again for old time’s sake, while the rains continued.
On Thursday morning, 09/24/20, we’d planned to sleep-in since we were stuck in the rain anyway, but neither one of us were successful. So we got up and Steve replaced the sump pump for the shower in the forward head, with me assisting as I updated our blog. Tonight I’m making us a quiche for dinner onboard, while I continue the never-ending laundry.
Position tonight: N 34° 23.747, W 86° 16.771
Distance traveled: 22.2 NM
Total distance traveled: 292.6 NM
Time underway: 3 HRS 29 MIN
Total time underway: 37 HRS 23 MIN
Total marina nights: 13
Total nights at anchor: 4
Locks today: 1
Locks Total: 4