November 20 Big Lock Day

Yesterday the Orinoco traveled down 6 locks in a single day.  The river dropped some 400 feet since Pickwick Lake in Tennessee.
Picture taken while at
anchor in the beautiful
Bay Springs Lake in
Mississippi. The trees were in full glory in the evening sunshine

The first lock was Whitten Lock out of the beautiful Bay Springs Lake.  This is an enormous lock that drops 85 feet and leaves us hanging on to the floating bollard for dear life!  Down, down we go into the pit as water and slime from the lock drop on us.  The boat tries to turn and twist in the wind and turbulent water but Patty hangs on unwilling to let the wind take the line from her grip.