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| our anchorage near Pickensville Rec Area |
Last night we anchored opposite the Pickensville Recreation Area and just before the Bevill Lock, which is at mm 306, and were ready to go as soon as the fog lifted this morning. Unfortunately and extremely scary, we were met with very heavy fog as we passed under the bridge before the lock. We could barely see the working barges that were dredging on both sides of the channel as we proceeded. Richard put the throttle to idle, I went to the bow as a lookout, he blew the horn every few seconds and, after several minutes, which seemed like eternity, we broke out of the fog, could see the lock ahead of us, and successfully continued to the lock without incident.
To complicate matters, occasionally the GPS does not accurately reflect our position on the chart and this was one of those times. Our chart plotter actually showed us as being on land due to the narrow waterway we were in.
Happy Birthday to you, brother Ron
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