September 30
Hoppies to Mississippi Anchorage Mile 102.4
A foggy morning at Hoppies
Just when the Mississippi is looking beautiful, it gets ugly again.
WHITE pelicans!
Water level is so low, it is many feet below the lowest mark on the bridge abutment.
Illinois State Prison -- Much, much larger than the photo shows.
We rafted 5 boats behind a wing dam on the Mississippi tonight. These are our views for the night.
East
North
South
West (Missouri)
Sareanna-Sequel-Jim’s Joy-One September-Good Karma
This tow came by; it has 3 barges across, 6 long; they get even bigger.
Katherine and Kermit on Good Karma took Rusty for a swim and frolic in the sand.
October 1, Monday
Mississippi River Anchorage Mile 121.2 to Angelo Towhead Anchorage
Not many pictures today, as it was cold, windy, rainy, and just plain a nasty day!
Colorful Army Corps of Engineer barge
Tower Rock
Left Bank, Right Bank, same place, quite different.
Cape Girardeau, MO, and its sea wall
Attractive bridge at Cape Girardeau
Mississippi River has very strong and constant currents.
Kayakers!
White pelicans seem to huddle together in the poor weather.
October 2, Tuesday
Angelo Towhead to Cumberland Towhead Anchorage
It was a cold windy day, against the current. The Ohio River was about as unpicturesque as the Mississippi. We picked up Bill and Chris on Catmandu today. At the Cumberland towhead, all 6 boats rafted.
Jim’s Joy
Sequel
One September
Sareanna
Good Karma
Catmandu
Sequel-Joe and Edy
Good Karma-Katherine
Sareanna-Deanna and Dick
Jim’s Joy-Jim
Good Karma-Kermit
Catmandu-Bill and Chris
Jim’s Joy-Joy