Last night was miserable. The heat was almost unbearable, and I slept very little, waking up every few minutes with sweat rolling down in my eyes!
We had a light breakfast and pulled out of the marina headed North on the Tenn-Tom. Rattlesnake Bend loops off to the West from the main waterway, making a ten mile loop before hooking back into the main river just a mile from where it left it. About 1/3 the way around the bend I caught a glimpse of a small doe deer running along the bank. She was too fast for Abby and Glenda to see her. My other "gift" today was the small kingfisher that sat for several minutes on a tree branch and let me get a decent picture of him. They look like cartoon characters, and although we see them a lot, they usually fly so fast and dart back and forth so quickly, I can never seem to get a good shot of them.
I had heard about the hay art location, and I knew Abby would get a kick out of seeing it.
We made it a more leisurely morning this morning. I was still awake by 6:10 or so but we didn't rush to leave the marinia. We decide to do "rattlesnake" bend and just look at the sights. There were more boats on the water today. I had decided today I wanted to see a snake. You know there have to be thousands out there somewhere. So I kept a close look at the banks studying every stick I saw. Finally on the return trip, while I was out on the cockpit, Tom sighted one swimming briskly across the river. We also collected a very large specimen of what Tom called a mock orange. It was just strange to me to to see a tree on the river bank with large green balls hanging from it. We came on in, showered and had a very nice buffet lunch at the Farm House restaurant. Then we did some site seeing around Demopolis. We drove out to see the "hay" art and visited Bluff Hall. The beautiful antebellum home holds lots of history. p After an afternoon shower the temps have cooled down a little. We took a late afternoon cruise around close to the marina and Abby and I practiced pulling the boat up to the dock. Tom didn't yell at me a single time. I think with the temps down a little we will all sleep better tonight.
^ I was still in my pjs but GG insisted I take a picture with the mock orange ~Abby
Daisy says: today we went for a little drive. Don't I love car rides!! I can sleep cofortably in someone's lap and that's just what I did!! (I mean woof!)
Abby said; today we, well what stood out to me was when we saw the snake swimming in the water. Also today GG spotted an Osage orange tree so we got close and she picked one off. Most of the day though I slept because I have at least 40 mosquito bites and being sweaty and hot hasn't been helping them. So today we got some calamine plus itch cream (yay!) oh!! I forgot to mention the hay "art" that was out in the middle of the field. There's some pictures below:
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