Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina
When Eric, Mitchell, Ronnie and I reached Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina, MS, it was a week into the third leg of our trip and time to switch crews again. Mostly because Eric is still of that age where he has to go to work for a living. So my oldest daughter, Nicole (Eric's wife), drove to meet us. She brought with her my two grand daughters, Gracie (8) and Allie (6). Nicole has responded for land transportation on a couple of occasions and stayed on the boat. However, she has never to date been a crew member.
Upon arrival the little girls were in the river fast, I swear those kids are like otters; they love the water. We went out for Father's Day dinner, and though the place wasn't much to look at, the food was very good. Eric stayed with us one more night stating that he was just getting to the point where he could start to relax. I wonder if you ever really relax on a boat, or if it is only when you're scheduled to disembark that you truly start to feel that sensation. Fun, yes, but I'm not sure that I have gotten to the point that I relax.
The next morning we said our good-byes. Eric was to take the car home and Nicole said something like "Shoo, go make money!". And the switch was made. Although we did get a rather late start around noon.
The good news is: WE ARE FINALLY OFFICIALLY ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER. This, for the Sea Me Smile, is something of a milestone. Except they don't have milestones when you go by boat for obvious reasons; they have nuns or nun buoys, small floating navigational aids which, if you watch for 'em and pay attention to them, you won't bend your prop. Because you won't run aground. Which is sort of like driving off the highway into a ditch for the benefit of you "Landlubbers".
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