Jammin Jane Travels: We made it to The Gulf!!!

Sunday, November 29, 2015

We made it to The Gulf!!!

We can not get enough fresh seafood!!

After Bobby's Fish Camp we traveled 80 miles to an anchorage on the Tensaw River in the cold and rain. This put us only 39 miles from the Gulf (Mobile, Alabama specifically). We had some weather coming and had to watch the wind for our trip to Mobile. It looked like we were going to have to wait a day but the weather system seemed to slow down a bit giving us just enough time to finally make it to the Gulf!! We did it!! It rained the majority of our trip. I learned that brackish water is both salt and fresh water combined, something we were encountering upon our journey to the salt water.
As we were approaching Mobile's harbor (Thankfully on a Sunday) it became very industrial with a lot of commercial traffic. Had it not been a Sunday I bet it would have been a lot busier. Each year more than 40 million tons move through this port. It was once ranked 8th in the U.S in exports, 16th in imports and it is the nations leading port in the movement of forest products. Wow! Glad it wasn't that busy!!
It was a bumpy ride once we turned into the channel to our stopping point at Dog River Marina. Thankfully it was only about 30minutes and thankfully I seem to have finally gotten my sea legs! It was actually nice to have the boat in some waves, as the rivers have been very calm these past months.
We arrived at Dog River with a lovely welcome from friends, Chuck and Vicky, who we met along the way and have finished the Loop. They call Mobile their home and recommended the marina for our boat work. We are going to have our boat pulled out of the water, have the props looked at and the hull cleaned.

We had a great night with our friends celebrating our arrival to salt water!!! woot woot! We did it!!