DEMOPOLIS, AL

Wednesday, October 29th to Friday, October 31st, 2014

Day 86-88
Miles Traveled: 0
Total Miles Traveled: 1827


  Wednesday morning several boats left the marina and began their journey south.  This allowed us to move over to the main dock.  We were fortunate to get one of the covered slips.  This was a happy surprise, since we plan to make a trip back home for a few days, and a covered slip will protect the boat better.  

Main dock slips at Kingfisher Bay Marina

  Thursday we did laundry in the morning - the laundry facilities here are very nice.  After lunch, we took a walk to Demopolis, AL and toured the Bluff Hall antebellum house museum.  It was built by slaves in 1832 by Allen Glover for his daughter Sarah and her husband Francis Lyon.  Mr. Lyon was a plantation owner, lawyer, and congressman. Originally built with red brick Federal style structure, it was modified in 1840's by painting it white with an addition or front porch with columns to give it a more Greek Revival appearance.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluff_Hall

Bluff Hall

  Friday morning it was off to get our rental car.  Fred, the owner of the marina, was kind enough to loan us his truck to go and get the closest rental car some 50 miles away.  Unfortunately the local car rental place we had booked with originally had a 250 mile radius restriction, so that was not going to work for our trip back to Kentucky and Ohio.  We had to go to Plan B.  
  We defrosted the fridge and freezer in the afternoon.  We try and defrost when it is almost empty and convenient for us.  The fridge/freezer is not "frost-free", and when not hooked to dockside power runs off of the batteries.  The "frost-free" feature would cause the batteries to "go flat" in no time.  This job has to be comleted about once a month.  Another "fun" job Dan tackled was pumping out the waste holding tank (sewage tank).  This job has to be done about every 5 days.  YUCK!!  Not one of the more glamorous aspects of cruising, but has to be done.  
  We did get to have some fun in the evening.  The local boaters at Kingfisher Bay Marina had a Halloween Party and invited the transient boaters to join the party.  There was lots of good "treats", but not many "tricks".  There were a few who even dressed up in their best costumes.  Dan and Angie went as boaters (not very original - there were a lot of boaters dressed up as "a boater"). 

Halloween Costumes

  Saturday we are headed to Kentucky and Ohio to catch up with friends and family.  Will return soon to get the blog going again.