Day 19

We woke up at 8:30 again, however this time fully rested. It was a very dreary day, but we wanted to get some water behind us so we finally decided to leave at 11:00 eventhough the weather wasn’t the greatest… Again, another stupid decision by Grant, and about 5 miles into the trip it started to rain harder, and the cabin was fogging up so bad we could hardly see (great – only 35 more miles to go!). Grant then decided to go up top and drive from there. I didn’t see him for another 3.5 hours until we reached our destination (an anchorage spot that Hoppie told us about). He weighed about 20 pounds heavier because the jackets, sweatshirts and jeans he was wearing were absolutely soaked! It was the worst weather we have driven in up to this point… We tied up to a lock wall on the Kamasaki river (just off the Mississippi)… When we called the lock to ask permission the guy must have been very bored because Grant had about a 15 minute conversation with the guy over the radio. I guess Grant can make new friends on the radio or a bar stool, doesn’t matter which!! Tabbie has been having trouble sleeping in the lower bedroom because the bumpers keep squeeking against the side of the boat, so we rearranged the living quarters to sleep in the forward stateroom…