Aug 27-28 Bobbies fish camp to LuLu's

Woke Up at 6:30 , called the lock at 7:30, bad news couldn't lock through until at least 9:30.
Because of the delay we weren't going to make Mobile Bay by nightfall, and we were not traveling at night. So, an anchorage would be in order. 16.6 miles from Mobile Big Bayou Canot was our evening accommodations. As we entered the creek we looked for shore and all we saw was soggy mud banks. We asked a fisherman about a dock and he sent us up the creek a couple a miles.
Another fisherman corrected our bad turn and we followed him 4 long milesThe creek had many logs and stumps which he pointed out to us. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE.

Finally, we arrived at another state park in Creola, Alabama.

The marina, the state park, and the creek did not exist on our GPS. At dusk, We tied up to a boat landing and the light rain became a torrential downpour.

The next morning , refreshed and awake, we retraced our path, much easier.

Still interesting

Cutter remained concerned.

It turned out to be a perfect spot.

Mobile Bay supported heavy commercial traffic, and was not pleasure craft friendly, we were glad to have taken advantage of the evening anchorage.

We slipped through these two vessels with plenty of room to spare. Crossed Mobile Bay and arrived at Homeport Marina, Home of LuLu's , Jimmy Buffett's sister's bar and grill.as the sky opened.