Day 21

We only needed to travel 50 miles today so we took our time in the morning. Tabbie slept until after we left, which required Grant to bring in all three anchors and get the boat prepared to get underway… Funny how Tabbie woke up 10 minutes after we were on the water… Oh, then she mentioned that she woke up 30 minutes earlier when she heard Grant bringing in the anchors, but was too warm to help… Thanks Tabbie!!

Another decent day for traveling. Grant finally reaized how to use the current more advantageously and we were able to get a couple free miles an hour, and concerve a little fuel. It is about 135 miles to the next fuel stop and 90 of it is upriver. We decided to anchor off the channel in a slough about 7 miles north of the Ohio river. We will finish the Mississippi tomorrow and hopefully make the entire Ohio river trip as well. It should make for a long day of driving, but the weather looks good so far… Grant did some exterior cleaning, and finished fixing the holding tank, while Tabbie worked on her quilt and prepared some dinner.