Chapters

This morning we are up early for our trip. Today we are going from Alton Marina to Kaskaskia River Lock & Dam. The Kaskaskia River empties into the Mississippi so it is a safe anchorage. We’ll tie up on the wall of the lock, no electrical or other services here. Departure from Alton Marina was…

We left the Kaskaskia Lock wall at 7:00AM and headed out. Today we are going to an anchorage down the river. The anchorage is on the Mississippi River near the I57 bridges. It’s a protected anchorage behind a series of wing dams. There are thousands of wing dams on the Upper Mississippi. Wing dams were…

We left our anchorage at 7:00 am. We went a short distance and turned left off the Mississippi River and entered the Ohio River at Cairo. This is barge central!!! Barges and tugs are everywhere!!! We ran down this river a couple of hours and came to the Olmsted lock. We arrived in Paducah, KY…