October 12, 2013

Lock Down

A little fog again as we left Guntersville.  Found this to welcome us to the Guntersville lock.


Most of the lockmasters are very friendly, however, they speak southernease and can be difficult to understand at times.  Same goes for the towboat captains.  Fortunately, they both can use horn signals to let us know what to do.

Pam finds locking through a stressful situation.  If you take your time, it's no big deal.  Here's what the gates and chamber look like full.


You tie off to a floating bollard, and about 10 minutes later, here's the same gates opening, and the chamber empty.



When Bret and I made this trip, he played his bagpipes inside every empty chamber.  Hopefully, none of these lockmasters will recognize me.

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