We were unable to blog last night, but here we are anchored in a less than desirable anchorage right on the Mississippi, about 7.5 miles north of the mouth of the 0hio River. We are downstream of a little island, so we are out of most of the 4 mph current.
This is the mouth of the Kaskaskia River as we left at dawn.....
...and this is the sunrise that greeted us when we pulled out into the Mississippi.
We found the current to be 4 mph
We spent a very pleasant evening anchored in what is called the little river diversion canal, away from the current and wakes from tows. The next morning we were off again at sunrise.
This day the river was not so straight.
In one curve like these, John called as we approached, and got no answer. When we entered the top of one very sharp bend we saw a tow coming. We called and asked which side he wanted us to pass. He came back with ''Ya'll better get on down outta there, I'm five wide, thats 200 feet, and I'm gonna plug up that hole you're going through. You can bet we pushed up the power and shot that gap!
Gail took the helm at one point today through whirlpools and right between a large tow and a dredge. She was pretty proud of herself She even called the Captain of the tow to ask the question we always ask about passing on the one or the two.
Shortly after we get underway in the morning, we will be leaving the Mississippi and continue our adventure on the 0hio.
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