Day 13

Last night on the river was very peaceful. At about 8pm, the wind died down, the sky cleared and every star in the sky was visible. However, we did wake to a very frosty boat in the morning. Tabbie almost slipped into the Mississippi when pulling up the anchor. Today we are without any water and our holding tank is full. We have no food left, nothing to drink besides cool-aid and beer and the transmission started to make grinding noises. The good news is that it is a beautiful day and we are making good time. Grant has become more confident on his boat handling skills during the locks, so we haven’t requested any lines today. (Good thing, because Tabbie was napping again) We were able to just float right through. We have finally made it through Iowa, so now we have Illinois and Missouri on either side of the Mississippi. We hope to be to the Ohio river by next Friday. However, this weekend we will chill in Rockport and watch the Badgers game on Saturday. (Yes we are both cheering for the Badgers-Tabbie has no allegiance to the Gophers.)
We ended up at a marina called Twin Rivers Marina. It was a nice marina with covered slips and a restaurant called the lighthouse. They let us use the van and we hurried into town to get some groceries that we desperately needed. Then back to the boat to do laundry (7 loads). Tabbie had to sweet talk the bartender into giving her some quarters because we forgot to get some. But after hearing “our story” she was interested in helping us. Next boat-must have washer and dryer. Even a small one will do.


Bird on a log