After spend a night in the Lake Pickwick area and visiting the Aqua Yacht Marina twice, we think this would be the marina of choice if we move Hey Jude to the river system later this year.
So we got back in the car and headed south. The next marina we visited was the River Delta Marina near Creola, AL. ThIis basically, is the county park. There is an RV park along with the marina. It was very clean and the people working there were very friendly. And even though they had recently added some new dock/slip area, space for a large boat was limited. And you could buy a slip, if one was available. We spent time talking with a county employee (maybe he was a park "ranger") and a boat owner, got some brochures, took some pictures and decided it might be a good place to visit for a day/night but we won't be launching from there or staying long.
Next marina stop was Mobile. There appeared to be several choices; some were basically open slips and open dry dock areas. But, fate led us to the Dog River Marina where we met some very nice employees - Mike and Rick. Rick is apparently the harbor master who along with many other things gives guidance to boaters about when to head out across Mobile Bay. Turns out (after a phone call back to Austin) that this was the marina our friends Tom and Paula on Home Aweigh spent some time in during their loop trip a few years ago. They had only great things to say about this place. Again, we listened to everything anyone had to tell us, got brochures and took lots of pictures. This definitely will be a marina to stay at either way we decide to travel (down from the river or if we travel fom TX to FL).
And then, purely by accident, we noticed the name Manatee on the list of boat owners checking out the marina car. That led us to a great visit both that evening and the next morning with boat owners, Sue and Ted Poncracz, who own a Krogen Manate, named Manatee. We had a great visit and learned so much!!
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