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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 →

Good morning, Loopers and Cruisers.  Another easy day today.  We are going down the river to Alton, IL just a stone’s throw away from Grafton.  One reason is to make the next stop shorter and to be on the door … Continue reading →

Good morning!  We are taking a day off to rest after yesterday’s long journey.  I will say I was awoken at 3am with thunder and a lightning show that was pretty good.  But, promptly went back to sleep.  Haha.  We … Continue reading →