Three Rivers Lake to Fairhope Yacht Club

Another spectacular sunrise this morning over the river, a calm morning and not quite a cool as the previous mornings, maybe because we are getting closer to the Gulf. Our last day of quiet peaceful river travel, it will end as we pass through Mobile and into the Bay. More river action today, several commercial tows and several together in one area. Because of the switchbacks it is often difficult to determine exactly when we will encounter a tow. It could be within a half mile and actually be 6 or 7 river miles away due to the curvy nature of the river in this area. The charts change here as well from a river chart to a coastal chart. Mobile is very industrial with lots of cargo loading and ship building, then finally a bay crossing to Fairhope.

Wow, really inspiring!

White egrets along the river bank

Loading steel coils and slabs

Steam Power Plant

The river view of a power plant

A crane for big bridge work on I-65

The marsh above Mobile

The actual marsh

Tows and shipping everywhere

Little Toot

Toots big brother

Loading directly from a barge to a ship

Ship building

Mobile downtown

A new nautical museum

Heading to Mobile Bay