Lat 38 20 64; Long 90 21 66; Fuel 201 gallons, Engine 371.39
We are tied up on a barge that is directly on the the Mississippi. During the night there was a constant banging of locks and sticks on the sides of the boat as they ran past the barge. Nobody really got a good sleep. The Mississippi is running pretty fast this morning with a lot of garbage in the water and the river has risen by about 2 ½ feet overnight. It appears we may be on the high water mark, so we decided to wait another day before moving on. I clocked through my AIS a large tow moving downstream at 11.5 kts. They normally move at about 4.5 kts so you could say the current was running about 6kts. It looked like it was flying down the river.
So we watched football all afternoon over at Q’s End. The girls went into the little town to explore. They came back reporting that the town very interesting and touristy. Lots of little stores and restaurants.
Couple of more boats came in and Fern held her little discussion as to what to expect further on. I decided to attend again and learned a little bit more about the rivers and its anchorages.
It was a good day but I hope to move along tomorrow.The attached is a picture of Hoppies dock
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