Tuesday, November 2, 2010

11/1/2010 COLUMBUS, MS

TOTAL MILES TRAVELED: 0 NM

TOTAL LOCKS: 0


"CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?" WE'VE GOT 3 BARS OF SERVICE
IN DESCENDING ORDER
TALLY HO, TORTUGA AND QUEST

What a nice leisurely day we had ahead of us. At least that’s what I thought until the day began to unfold. Dan washed the disgusting river “schmeg” mustache off the Quest which led to other outside cleaning which led to our doing the windows, inside and out. Now pop that between changing the linens, laundry, another coat of varnish on the wooden railings, vacuuming and oiling the kitchen wood. Oh yes, I did a full system back-up with my new hard drive that Debbie installed and did a 2 year renewal of my Norton Anti-virus program. Dan also found a reasonable marina for boat storage while we travel to Vermont at Thanksgiving time. OK, by now its 4:30 and we both need showers!!

Cleaned up, we set off to meet today’s new comers. There were 11 boats on the transient dock, with several boats rafted to another and the gas dock full. Quite the sight. Richard and Jill on Finally (we met them in Mackinac Island and they were my neighbor in Green Turtle Bay) were there and rafted to another and we met Carlton and Becky on Seamoore that are just starting their journey around the loop. How exciting!


ITS A FULL HOUSE















MAKING THE ROUNDS


Columbus has a long and rich history, incorporating in 1821 and cashing in on the flourishing times with the Southern aristocracy developing their successful plantations and building their grand homes. The town was a major hospital facility during the Civil War because of its prime location on the railroad line and never became a military target. Thus the historic homes were kept mostly intact and preserved for their historic significance.

Memorial Day originated here when a group of Columbus women gathered on April 25, 1866 to place bouquets on the graves of both the Union and Confederated soldiers that were buried in Friendship Cemetery.  The Weeping Angle monument stands guard here over the grave site of the Reverend Thomas Cox Teasdale

Friendship CemeteryImage by NatalieMaynor via Flickr
FRIENDSHIP CEMETERY IN COLUMBUS, MS
Weeping AngelImage by NatalieMaynor via Flickr
WEEPING ANGLE MONUMENT
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