I'm down in Demopolis, Alabama this week, working on and hoping to sell our trawler Charlie Ray. My arrival came just at the right time as this weekend was the locally famous Christmas on the River celebration.The Christmas on the River celebration is a town sponsored festival that ends with a parade of lighted boats on the Tenn-Tom and a fireworks display. It is a great little celebration in a sweet little town. The floats were so beautiful reflecting off the water.
Everyone from the marina comes out and socialized together. We all met outside along the fuel dock, but we got kick out because a barge came in and was fueling. I guess we were too much of a liability for em'. So we moved to the nearby campground, where we had great views of the floats. BUT it was freezing...literally. It got down in the 20's last night, so standing outside for 2 hours was excruciatingly cold.
Thank goodness for campfires! The owner of the campground lit up little bonfires for us and we stayed mostly toasty. Mostly...still freaking cold! One of the campfire tenders was a gentleman who plays drums for various country bands and artists. I got a great scoop on John Michael Montgomery, whom I adore and learned lots about other country singers. COOL!
Ah-h, fire!
Nothing like fireworks over the water!
Oooo, sparkly lights on the water! I LOVE the smiley face! Praying for a productive week and a sale in His timing.
ReplyDeleteWow, great night pictures of the lighted boats and also the fireworks! And I enjoyed reading and seeing the stories from last year's BMCP group trip, too! I went for part of the Salton Sea trip last Friday, but had to leave early and missed lots of the best birds. Still, saw the tons of curlews, several harriers, cormorants, and quite a few ducks ID'd by Dan. (Mike was in Chicago.) So glad you're keeping up the blog--it's fun to see what you're up to!
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