We get this question from time to time from friends and family. Tombigbee is not a proper name, but a Choctaw word meaning “box maker” and the river was named after a coffin maker who once lived near the headwaters.
Our overnight low was 37F, but we bundled up, turned in at 8:30 PM and spent a comfortable 10 hours in bed. The sun rose into a clear blue sky and the temperature was over 60F by our 11:00 AM departure.
During breakfast, we twice heard the familiar rumble of approaching tows. This is why anchoring in a cut-off is preferable to spending the night on the waterway.
It was such a beautiful day that we took our time covering the 14 miles to Columbus Marina, our next stop. We didn’t meet any other Loopers today, until a half-dozen boats pulled into the marina right after we tied up. We plan to leave Dragonfly here for a couple of weeks, while we go sightseeing over Thanksgiving and then spend the following week in the British Virgin Islands with some old Navy friends (not Old Navy friends).
We took a walk and explored a large park adjacent to the marina before eating dinner on board. Our new ritual since the clocks turned back is to enjoy a pre-dinner walk rather than go after dinner when it’s dark.
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