I'm not quite sure why, but the major river here in Lowndes County, MS is named the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. It meets up eventually with the Mississippi River and is the muddy color they sing about in country songs. One of the guys in Chris's class is renting a house on the river about 10 minutes off-base. Last weekend, the class rented a pontoon boat and floated on the river all afternoon and into the sunset.
We could not believe the number of White Heron on the river. We are used to seeing a Blue Heron back home from time to time. I am sure we saw over 10 White Heron on the Tenn-Tom within only an hours time. Someone said that there is a sanctuary nearby? Despite the abundance of majestic White Heron, this little guy got the most attention from us boaters...
If you cant tell from the photo, this is a little goat waiting at the marina to welcome us. There was also a larger brown goat right behind him which you can't see in the picture.
While we are on the topic of Mississippi wildlife...this is a picture of Caitlin and I trying to spot an alligator on the, "waterway." Don't let the river barge fool you, it is actually very peaceful out on the waterway.
Caitlin and her husband Jeff are from California. Caitlin has promised to take Chris and I to the wildlife refuge in the early morning so that we can really see alligators in the wild.
GOOFY!
Another one for the collection of photos of Chris and Mae's behinds... :-)
And here are a few of our fellow boaters/classmates.
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