Tenn-Tom Waterway

Hey Y'all- We are really in Mississippi now!! We went 56 miles today and did 3 locks. We did the fourth highest lift lock in the USA. The James L. Whitten lock lifts ( or in our case, lowers) you 84 feet. We went down into a big hole! You'll see a pic of one of the locks, as well as "Gilligan" on the fly bridge! The other shot is of a train that was going ovet our head as we went under the bridge. For those of you having a hard time just figuring out all these rivers, here's a recap of where we've been since Chicago. Leaving Chicago , we were on the Illinois waterway. We were then on the Mississippi until we reached the Ohio River. We took the Ohio river to the Tennessee river, and are now on the Tenn-Tom waterway, which connects the Tennessee river to the Tombigbee river. We will take the Tombigbee to Mobile Bay in Alabama, which will take us to the Gulf of Mexico. Bud says the Gulf of Mexico is about 400 miles from us now. We'll move on tomorrow, more locks, more barges, oh boy! Miss you all- love Bud, Fran and Ray