Columbus, Mississippi

Columbus, the first home of Tennessee Williams, is a charming town.  The storefronts are cheerful.  Tonight there is a blues and jazz concert at the cultural center downtown and a book festival out at the university.

 We anchored in the river and walked up through their Riverwalk Park and into town with the folks from Bama Dream. George and I had three errands: Buy postcard stamps; get quarters for doing laundry; buy beer.  Yahoo!  We accomplished all three.  Life on a boat gets down to essentials.  We met back at Harvey's restaurant for supper.  Then we walked back to our dinghies - still there, thank goodness.  We rowed back to the boats at sunset.

Here is a photo from earlier in the day, as we waited with Bama Dream outside Stennis Lock for a tow with 8 barges to exit.