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Day #67 - Grand Rivers, KY

Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »

I was put in charge of calling the Lockmaster this morning at 0600.  For any of you who know me, you can imagine, I slept very little last night even though I set an alarm.  We had heard horror stories ...

Day #66 - Metropolis, IL

Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »

Left our peaceful anchorage this morning at 7:15.  Light fog, but nothing to deal with.  If all goes as planned today, we will complete the trip down the Mississippi River and enter the Ohio River. All in all we will ...

Day #65 - Cape Girardeau, MO

Saturday, October 4th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »

Set to shove off at 7:00 this morning for Cape Girardeau, MO with Foreign Exchange and Shore Thing.  Delayed the start by about 15 minutes waiting to see what the fog was going to do.  Apparently fog is common this ...

Day #64 - Kimmswick, MO

Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »

We left Grafton this morning at 7:00 following a big birthday celebration last night.  Andy enjoyed his Colby Casserole as always and Bob and Charlotte helped join the festivities and brought wine,  home-made brownies and a jigsaw puzzle for a rainy day.  ...

Day #63 - Grafton, IL

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »

Woke to a cool but sunny morning.  Another one for the record books.  Walked into the "market" which was half grocery store, half hardware store, but surprisingly found everything we needed.  Walked back, and then up into town again for ...

Day #62 - Grafton, IL

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 Posted in General Updates | 4 Comments »

Left our beautiful anchorage with Foreign Exchange at 7:00.  Pulled up our anchor and not a bit of debris on it, which we are not used to.  Had a long haul planned as we were determined to make it as ...