Day 15

We left the marina at 8:30 this morning after topping off the water tank. Not a bad day to be on the river, we enjoyed the scenery, and Tabbie of course slept. We decided to take an alternate route down a slough that went past a number of marinas and houses along the river that it seems is a vacation spot for people in St. Louis. Talk about run down! It was like the slums of a major city along the river! There were houses that looked like they had been deserted for years (on good property I might add), and marinas that desparetly needed a face lift. If Tampa doesn’t work out, Grant is going to come back and redevelop the area into one large vacation destination – maybe a few waterparks and fudge shoppes!! The Dells for the Mississippi….