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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Day 118. Green Turtle Bay layover
A lazy day at the resort after a hectic time on the Mississippi and a huge meal last night in Grand Rivers at the famous Patti’s 1880 settlement restaurant. We both had their signature dish, the two inch thick pork … Continue reading
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Day 117. Green Turtle Bay Resort, Kentucky
Came up the pretty Cumberland River this morning and saw a large nest on electricity pylon and could see a couple of American Bald Eagles that had made their home there. We are moored at the five star Green Turtle … Continue reading
Day 116. Cumberland Towhead Island, Ohio River, Kentucky
We were assisted by Bob, the American Great Loop Cruisers Association local member at Cape Girardeau, who came down to the boat ramp with a tyre in case a large barge tow wake came by. Bob had a boat built … Continue reading
Day 115. Cape Girardeau, Mo
Had a feed at the Kimmswick Blue Owl Restaurant yesterday as we will be away from civilisation for several days. I had roast beef and a quarter of an apple pie like Mary is holding in the photo. Deveen had … Continue reading
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Day 114. Kimmswick, Missouri
Listened to a great Blue Grass band at the Piasa Pub, in Grafton last night. We met Dawg who played blues harmonica in the band and is a tugboat captain. JD, the owner of the pub joined us briefly as … Continue reading
Day 113. Grafton, Illinois layover
Oyster Bar is a whole lot quieter than it was last night when I met Dick and Rhonda, Don and Sherry, Dennis (the cruise boat skipper), Patrick, Carol and Deb. When the bar closed Jenny and Lynsey (mother and daughter) … Continue reading
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Day 112. Grafton Il. Confluence of Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
We had a large day today covering the longest day hop yet of 120 miles as there are no marinas between here and Havana. Only one lock today and we had a quick 30 minute transit and made it to … Continue reading
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Day 111. Havana, Illinois
We saw the Caterpillar world HQ today as we passed the city of Peoria. Some of the people we met at the yacht club last night work there and had visited the Australian distributors Waugh and Josephsons in Sydney and … Continue reading
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Day 110. Peoria Heights layover
We received lots of rain overnight due to thunderstorms as can be seen in the rain radar shot above. The forecasts for today were mixed, some ok and some bad, but none were as good as it looks tomorrow so … Continue reading
Day 109. Peoria Heights, Illinois
You know you are getting close to the Mississippi when you see paddle steamers, we saw three stern wheelers today. The US has so many towns they must struggle to give them a name. So this morning we left Ottawa … Continue reading
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