Monthly Archives: September 2015

Good morning!  Up early this morning to try to get through Lock 52 in a timely manner.  We plan either a very long day to get from Bean Branch Creek to Green Turtle Bay Marina or two short days all … Continue reading →

Good Morning Mississippi River Cruisers!!  A cool calm day greats us today.  We have an exciting day in store for us.  We are going to finish the Upper Mississippi River and enter the Ohio.  Doesn’t that sound like a day … Continue reading →

Good Morning Upper Mississippi Cruisers!! Today we have a long day planned.  Again.  We expect the current on the Mississippi River to give us 3-4knots making the day shorter.   We waited until most of the fog had lifted. Pictures … Continue reading →

Good morning, Lock Buddies!  We are planning to get up early and hope we can get an early lock through at the Mel Price Lock and the Chain of Rocks Lock ( #27 ).  Fingers crossed!!  We can see the lock … Continue reading →

Good morning!!  We are still in Alton Marina waiting for tomorrow to go down the river to Hoppies.  That is a completely different story. Notice the water line on the tall posts?  It is about 5 foot higher than the … Continue reading →