Day 75: Catch Up
I woke up at Brad’s house. I slept on the most comfortable bed yet. A good shower the night before and a place where there was no threat made for a great night. It was a nice day to relax. I came out of my room, sat on a Lazy Boy chair and did not
Day 74: Waves and Cape Girardeau
Today, I made the push to Cape Girardeau. I had to fight some of the wakes the barges were throwing today. They were out in numbers and making the water a little interesting. As I was approaching the Cape, I padded a fuel barge against the bank. I waved to one of the deck hands
Day 73: Rollin down the river
I woke up to catch the sunrise, then fell back asleep. I slept in a little later than I wanted to, but it felt nice. I got up and ordered more food for this adventure. It will be down river next Monday. I packed everything up while the wind was whipping around. It was out
Day 72: The unknown
Last night, there was a 30% chance of rain. That 30% came at 2:30am. I felt a rain drop or two and heard some thunder. I sprung up and out my tent door with my rain fly. I don’t sleep with it as I like to wake throughout the night and see the stars above
Day 71: Ste. Genevieve
I woke up today to Ray calling my name. He was hollering, time to get breakfast. He came back to pick me up this morning to go get breakfast. I was tired, but wanted something besides oatmeal. I grabbed my camera bag and left everything else. It was safe. We drove to this small cafe
Day 70: Barge camping, tug seeing, people helping, and the Arch.
This was a day that I was looking forward to on the whole trip. I woke up at 6:00am to the sounds of construction workers at the site in which I had comfortably slept last night. My boat was still there, but I needed to move and get out of where I was staying. It
Day 69: Passing barges
Alton Marina to north St. Louis I left the Alton marina after I packed everything up. I got rid of the heavy rope I was carrying to lighten the load on my boat. I had clean laundry and was ready to go to St. Louis. I talked to my friend, Damon, about making the trip
Day 68: Rain Day
Alton Marina Today was a lazy day off with the rain storms coming all day. I slept in as it was raining pretty heavy all night and morning. I did not take into account the slope of the cement patio I was on last night. The rain was coming down hard and it was flowing
Day 67: The storms
I woke up to cloudy skies and a chance of rain. That chance happened as I was opening my eyes. I did not have the rain fly on and I did not want to set it up. I did not want to carry a wet top. So, I moved…. really quickly. I had everything broke
Day 66: Generosity of people
Elberry to Grafton, IL I woke up early as Kyle and Caleb were leaving early. A hammock is considerably easier to break down than a tent. I am glad I brought one. I left their dock after packing and some breakfast. It was a very slow moving day for me. It may have been the