After a long three day run, Hale’s Belles is laid up in blue water on the Gulf Coast awaiting her next Journey across the big pond known as The Gulf of Mexico. Another 8 locks and 450 miles down the Tenn-Tom waterway with some raging rivers, lots of logs and after dark navigating made for a very interesting trip. It is this next part of the journey that always becomes our favorite part as we travel along the gulf coast, make our way down the west coast of Florida and into the southern and more tropical climate.

A small Alligator was the only welcoming crew as we landed well after dark deep down on Tenn-Tom Waterway

NECESSARY NAVIGATIONAL TOOLS

RAGING WATERS OVER THE SPILLWAY

UNKNOWN FOAM OR BUBBLES COVERING THE RIVER

MILITARY SHIP MOBILE BAY

THE VESSEL AND HER CREW AT REST

After a couple days cruising, seven locks and a whole lot of up and down running The Hales’s Belles is laid up at the mouth of the Tenn-Tom waterway. She will lay up there in her covered berth until we can make our way back to her for the second leg of this trip to the Gulf of Mexico.