Flour Power and 45 North squeeze through between the channel markers and an upbound tow with 16 on

Sliding under the highway bridge at Hardin

Some bloopers tied up at Hardin. Can you see the Fleming?

We spent most of the day 5 miles away from the Mississippi

As we overtake a barge tow, the Illinois River and Grafton on the right; ol' muddy on the left

Limestone cliff sculpture along the Mississippi. Highway 100 below

Limestone bluffs and fall colour along the Mississippi River

Somebody has great views of the Mississippi River, and probably the Missouri River as well

'Riverboat' casino at Alton. Permanently moored and legal because it's not on land.

Structural detail of the cable-stayed Clarke Bridge, carrying US-67 at Alton, Il.

Day 15: Willow Island to Alton

17.–20. Okt. in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

Today, we''ll meet Ol' Muddy! We haul anchor at Willow Island, pirouette on the engines, and are away downstream sometime after 0800, for a short day.

The sky is clear but the breeze is a bit chilly. A 15-27C day today, with the 27 not coming until we're well down the river. Basically, we have an unremarkable journey. We have to fold the radio antennae for the highway bridge at Hardin, wave to a coterie of bloopers moored there, and steer around numerous large barge tows coming up the river and going down.

Eventually we arrive at the confluence with the Mississippi... and seminal moment in our voyage. The delay yesterday at the La Grange Lock has meant that we'll bypass Grafton and go straight to Alton. We arrive at the Alton Marina in plenty of time for Rosie to put on her lippie anf join me as we wait for an Uber to take us across town to the Enterprise Car Rental agency. We pick up the car and go shopping at Schnucks Supermarket for a re-provision. No time to explore historic Alton... maybe tomorrow, although the National Museum of Transportation in St Louis beckons (hush now... I know, I know!).Weiterlesen

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