Day 166 Kingfisher Marina

Woke up to a gray, humid morning, but no rain to speak of. Cruising down the river, we notice that the banks of the river are lined with a rock layer in some areas. It's almost like a natural seawall.  Boated our 7 miles to the Kingfisher Marina in Alabama, which is located right next to the Demopolis Lock. A very nice marina with golf carts, pool, meeting room, courtesy car - all the amenities. There is a lot more tow traffic on this part of the river than we've seen since the Mississippi. Fueled up, pumped out then walked around the marina and saw a lot of our Looper friends. By lunch time, the sky was dark and the temperature started dropping. Did some research on those white cliffs we saw yesterday. They are part of the Selma chalk formations which were deposited about the same time as England's famous White Cliffs of Dover. There are suppose to be some more down the river.  At 4pm, the marina hosted a discussion on cruising the Gulfcoast conducted by authors of anchorage guide books. Got the courtesy car for a Walmart run with El Nido then we stopped for dinner at a local color restaurant. After returning the car, we popped into the lounge and watched the end of the World Series with some other Loopers that go to bed later than 8pm. No, Loopers are not known for staying up late. Hanging here tomorrow to do some laundry and explore the little town of Demopolis.