Our goal for lunchtime was Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q in Decatur. It’s ranked #7 of the top 10 BBQ places in the US and it’s the only one accessible by river on our trip, so of course we had to go. We grabbed a Lyft and made our way there.
Moose and Roo each ordered two ribs, Bear had a pulled pork sandwich, I got a pulled pork plate, and Ben ordered a BBQ baked potato topped with pulled pork, similar to the one we had in Chattanooga, except the potato itself was literally bigger than my head. Not even exaggerating. We all cleaned our plates… except Ben, who apparently maxes out at half a giant potato.
Big Bob Gibson's is also known for their homemade pies, so of course we couldn’t skip that. We got a slice each of lemon, coconut, and peanut butter. The coconut and peanut butter pies were our favorites, but all three were excellent.
After lunch, we couldn’t find a Lyft to get back to the dock. Ben managed to find us an Uber.
We pushed off the Decatur dock around 4:30 PM. Not long after, we hit a storm and ended up following it downriver toward Wheeler Lock. We had to tie up and wait about 45 minutes for a barge to come through before we could lock down.
It was still raining as we got to our anchorage, but there was no lightning. The sun was long gone, so I had the headlight with me out on the bow to scan for logs in the water as we approached the site. We finally anchored for the night at Carters Branch.
Locks today: 2
Locks of the summer: 29
Locks of the loop: 143
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