We arrived at Great Harbor Marina mid-day Monday. Jim was heading out, with Eric to bring in a returning boat and invited us to join them. An introduction to the River!
We loaded our food and a couple of clean t-shirts, some cold beer, the camera and binoculars. Tonight, we spend the night on the boat at the dock. Our homework assignment is to watch a short training video (we don't), and read through some info about the river in a book (we do). Jim and Matt, another river rat, joined us for some beers, and I baked a pan of brownies for snacks later.
Tuesday morning, Matt takes us out into the main river channel, at mile 747.9, to teach us a few basics about running the boat, and how to beach it. Another, much larger houseboat went out just ahead of us, and a Corps of Engineers tug pushing dredge material is going upriver about the same time. Matt steps off our boat onto the little 'ferry', and we're on our own. Pinch me, this is real!
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