Blogs from Demopolis, Alabama, United States, North America

November 8, 2016 Cruising the Tenn-Tom Waterway into the Tombigbee/Black Warrior River is one of the most scenic journeys…so far (I am putting that as a disclaimer, since I seem to keep saying that). Around every turn there are new vistas that can take your breath away and prove there is still vast, unspoiled beauty in this world. This part of the river is increasingly remote and wild, leaving for lots of natural spectacles and animal sightings. A few days ago, we passed some beautiful, white chalk cliffs. As we came around a bend in the river, a wall of white unfolded before us, framed by vivid green and deep red foliage. The contrast was startling and the magnificence of nature’s artistic display almost brought tears to my eyes. I would do more research ... read more

Lazy Days at Demopolis Yacht Basin As we approached Demopolis the name reminded me of Greece and Greek Food, maybe a bit like Tarpon Springs, Fl. WRONG!!!! This sleepy little city is very southern, very, very southern. We settled in on Sunday and borrowed the loner car to go for dinner. WRONG!!! Most restaurants in this neck of the woods are closed on Sunday. We managed a meager meal and returned for an evening of TV (a luxury). WRONG!!! You plug the cable in and get three stations; cartoons, cartoons and one PBS station (not bad except that they play the same show 15 times in a row. Monday morning called for a trip around the marina. Interesting folk, some in transit to places south, one to places north and some just there (for years). Everyone ... read more

We left Dog River on Monday morning, Memorial Day, hoping and praying for calmer waters and fewer crazies on the river. Mobile Bay to the ship channel was fairly calm and it was an easy cruise up to the Mobile River. Through the port of Mobile not much was going on, it was a holiday after all. There was a container ship being unloaded near the mouth of the river. A little farther in a cruise ship was having its stern windows washed by an aerialist on a scaffold dangling above the river. A navy ship was festooned with signal flags and several sailors were stringing more flags. We passed a few tugs moving barges around, then a few fishermen, and finally we had the river almost to ourselves. We passed Big Bayou Canot, where Trevor ... read more

Midway Marina Fulton, MS 10/4/2010 Since I had arrived back from my drive to St. Louis late I could sleep in the next morning. It felt a little lonely to be by myself for a couple of days. I decided to visit the Shiloh Church battlefield. This battle during the early years of the Civil War cost about 26,000 soldiers their lives. The Union troops had taken a fort on the Tennessee River and another on the Cumberland River and after these successes tried via the Tennessee River to occupy Corinth, which had an important railway connection. Access was necessary in order to reach and control the all-important waterway - the Mississippi River. The commerce of the confederacy depended on the river. The Union troops landed at a place today known as Pittsburgh Landing. The Confederate ... read more