Friday, October 10, 2008 - 6:45 am
It's going to be another sunny and warm day! Mark and Gale washed the bugs off the boat before casting off this morning. It was 8:30 am when we left the marina. When we got to Lock 27 above St. Louis we could see that the entrance was full of debris. There was no way around it so Mark headed in carefully and guided the boat around the bigger logs. There was actually a full grown deer floating with the trash! Yuk!! After the lock, we were headed through St. Louis and saw the Arch! This was a first for Maureen - whenever we have driven through St. Louis, Maureen has been driving and unable to do any sightseeing. Very cool!
Below St. Louis, the river became very wide, deep and fast. There was also a lot of barge traffic and big industrial operations along the river. Ordinarily Adventure travels at 10 kph, however, going down the river with the current, we were averaging 12 to 13 kph and made some very good time.
Diane made chicken stir fry for lunch. Late in the afternoon, Mark made hors d'oeuvres of lamb chops with a sweet sauce which were quite good. We covered over 100 miles today and then anchored behind a wing dam about 6 pm. After enjoying a nice steak dinner, we took the dinghy to the sandbar so Lucy (Holt's Morkie) could romp a bit. Mark and Diane brought a paper "wishing star" to the shore which they had picked up on a trip they made to Thailand three years ago. The four of us held on as Mark lit the "wick." Our wishes made, we let go of the star and watched it rise far up into the sky before its fire went out and we lost it to the night. What fun and what a perfect night to do this! To top off a perfect evening, we started a campfire on the beach and roasted marshmallows to make S'mores!
It's going to be another sunny and warm day! Mark and Gale washed the bugs off the boat before casting off this morning. It was 8:30 am when we left the marina. When we got to Lock 27 above St. Louis we could see that the entrance was full of debris. There was no way around it so Mark headed in carefully and guided the boat around the bigger logs. There was actually a full grown deer floating with the trash! Yuk!! After the lock, we were headed through St. Louis and saw the Arch! This was a first for Maureen - whenever we have driven through St. Louis, Maureen has been driving and unable to do any sightseeing. Very cool!
Below St. Louis, the river became very wide, deep and fast. There was also a lot of barge traffic and big industrial operations along the river. Ordinarily Adventure travels at 10 kph, however, going down the river with the current, we were averaging 12 to 13 kph and made some very good time.
Diane made chicken stir fry for lunch. Late in the afternoon, Mark made hors d'oeuvres of lamb chops with a sweet sauce which were quite good. We covered over 100 miles today and then anchored behind a wing dam about 6 pm. After enjoying a nice steak dinner, we took the dinghy to the sandbar so Lucy (Holt's Morkie) could romp a bit. Mark and Diane brought a paper "wishing star" to the shore which they had picked up on a trip they made to Thailand three years ago. The four of us held on as Mark lit the "wick." Our wishes made, we let go of the star and watched it rise far up into the sky before its fire went out and we lost it to the night. What fun and what a perfect night to do this! To top off a perfect evening, we started a campfire on the beach and roasted marshmallows to make S'mores!
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