5/25 Here we are already! It's Spring, the ice has left Minnesota, and we're ready to go. It's been another winter of painting, varnishing, plumbing, and engine work. The temps are warming in the South, so we gotta go!
Once again, our buddy Captain Howard is helping. He rode his motorcycle from Florida and we lifted it aboard the flybridge. Everything is secured and we're off.
As we're departing, the navigation system had to bark at us. Things worked fine all winter, but of course, they went wacky just as we needed it. Well, a little cajoling and persuasion worked, and we got it going. Whew! We can't go without knowing where we are, right?
First, it's into the Port of Mobile ...
A bit upstream we see the SS United States. It was built in the 60's and still holds the speed record for crossing the Atlantic ... both ways! I'm sure that it was spectacular in its day, but now it's a ghost ship. It was towed here from Philadelphia to be stripped for being sunk for a reef. It looks kind of creepy ...
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