We raised the hook at 7:20 am in a light rain and continued our southward journey. The current carried us along at a good clip; at one point when we traveled through some very turbulent waters, our cruising speed hit 9.7 knots – a new record for our boat. We saw a lot of turkeys on the sandbars today – Toms in groups of 2 to 3, and hens in groups of 10 to 15. We also saw an interesting rock formation at around mile 80 near Grand Tower, Illinois. It looked a lot like the Devil’s Tower monument in Wyoming except it wasn’t as tall and it had trees growing on the plateau.
At 5:30 pm at mile 73.5 we put down the anchor for the night. We did not have a lot of protection from the weather here; however, again, we weren’t expecting any storms. The spot was far out of the channel, but still affected by the river current. It turned out to be a nicer anchorage than last night in that the strong, steady current kept the bow pointing upstream and we stayed in one spot. The Captain felt pretty good about this location, set the anchor alarm as a precaution, and was able to get a good night’s rest.
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