Day 17
We woke up early today so we could meet our savior of last night (the owner of the marina). Talked with him for awhile about our upcoming challenges and he had significant insight on anchorages, routes, water levels, and barge traffic. We will need to print off the charts from the Internet tonight for the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers.
We walked into town for breakfast at 10:30 and ate at a charming little homestyle restaurant called “The Blue Owl.” Every person that worked there was female, and the buss girls were in their 20’s while the wait staff was all in their 50-60’s. They wore aprons and outfits that reminded Grant of a Swedish village. Grant also got a bit of a “strange” vibe from the workers, almost as though they came out of a Stephen King movie. The all were acting too nice and had a permanent smile on their faces – nobody is that perfect!! The town is called Kimswick and it is made up of numerous craft shops, similar to some of the towns in Door County, WI. Again, Grant thinks there is some sort of conspiracy going on as he believes all of the Shoppe’s are owned by one or two large corporations. It was odd that when you went to each place they referred you to other competitors (friendly competition – if it was I have never seen anything so friendly!)….
We got back to the marina about 1:00 and called to get a rental car so we could drive into St. Louis and see the arch (“The Gateway to the West”). Louis and Clark began their journey to find a navigable trading route to the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Missouri, which is just north of St. Louis along the Mississippi river. The arch was a very interesting experience, and I would recommend to anyone who is in St. Louis to check it out if you are not claustrophobic. The ride up on the “elevators” was quite interesting. It felt like you were getting into a small escape pod you see in science fiction movies. Tabbie was even a bit frightened, it was almost like a ride at the fair, only you couldn’t see anything outside of your pod! It was another beautiful afternoon/evening and we enjoyed the sunset atop the arch through the small looking glass windows. After walking through the Lewis and Clark exhibits we took a stroll through downtown St. Louis. Grant got to experience his first protest rally, although I still don’t know if we understood exactly what we were protesting… I wonder if that is common with people who attend those rally’s…
Since we had the rental car we stopped for some needed supplies (Water and milk), and then went back to the boat to have dinner, and download the necessary charts for the next week.
We walked into town for breakfast at 10:30 and ate at a charming little homestyle restaurant called “The Blue Owl.” Every person that worked there was female, and the buss girls were in their 20’s while the wait staff was all in their 50-60’s. They wore aprons and outfits that reminded Grant of a Swedish village. Grant also got a bit of a “strange” vibe from the workers, almost as though they came out of a Stephen King movie. The all were acting too nice and had a permanent smile on their faces – nobody is that perfect!! The town is called Kimswick and it is made up of numerous craft shops, similar to some of the towns in Door County, WI. Again, Grant thinks there is some sort of conspiracy going on as he believes all of the Shoppe’s are owned by one or two large corporations. It was odd that when you went to each place they referred you to other competitors (friendly competition – if it was I have never seen anything so friendly!)….
We got back to the marina about 1:00 and called to get a rental car so we could drive into St. Louis and see the arch (“The Gateway to the West”). Louis and Clark began their journey to find a navigable trading route to the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Missouri, which is just north of St. Louis along the Mississippi river. The arch was a very interesting experience, and I would recommend to anyone who is in St. Louis to check it out if you are not claustrophobic. The ride up on the “elevators” was quite interesting. It felt like you were getting into a small escape pod you see in science fiction movies. Tabbie was even a bit frightened, it was almost like a ride at the fair, only you couldn’t see anything outside of your pod! It was another beautiful afternoon/evening and we enjoyed the sunset atop the arch through the small looking glass windows. After walking through the Lewis and Clark exhibits we took a stroll through downtown St. Louis. Grant got to experience his first protest rally, although I still don’t know if we understood exactly what we were protesting… I wonder if that is common with people who attend those rally’s…
Since we had the rental car we stopped for some needed supplies (Water and milk), and then went back to the boat to have dinner, and download the necessary charts for the next week.
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