We left the Trace for Columbus, MS. After stopping in the welcome center we decided to head to Pickensville, AL and the Pickensville Campground. It is run by the Army Corps of Engineers. We found the campground with no problem and were lucky to get a water site even though it was the weekend. Sites at Corps of Engineer campgrounds are big and well developed.
We had an excellent view of the canal which connects the Tennessee River with the Tombigbee River.
We were able to watch many types of boats as they passed our site. Most were bass boats--the fishing seemed to be good. We watched this yacht going north.
This barge passed us and we saw it several days later further down the waterway as they travel very slowly.
This barge pulled to the opposite shore late in the evening and stayed for most of the night.
Most tugs push 8 barges--3 on each side and 2 in the center. An 8 tow hauls as much as 480 semi trucks. One day we drove along the west side of the canal to view the lock and dam.
Then we drove to the east side to see the Bevill Visitor Center and US Snagboat Montgomery. The visitor center was built to look like an antebellum plantation house.
The snagboat is displayed near the visitor center. It was taken out of the water so it could be preserved. It worked on 7 southern rivers from 1926 to 1982.
It was used to remove snags and debris from the river.
It is on of 2 steam powered stern wheel paddle boats in the U. S.
While we were in the area, we did some geocaches and visited Columbus AFB which is one of the bases used to train pilots.We spent 3 nights at Pickensville before moving on to Forkland Campground which was also a Corps of Engineer park.
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