Grafton-Alton Marina

Grafton-Alton Marina

It was early afternoon by the time we got back to Grafton. We decided the next major leg would be to tie off to the outer lock wall a half mile up the Kaskasian River with permission from the lockmaster. It’s a slow calm river far enough off the Mississippi to not be affected by towboat wakes. We cruised 20 miles down to Alton to take on a max payload of gas since none is available between Hoppy’s and Paducah. Hoppy’s is a single pump operation on a single barge no longer taking transients since both owners recently passed and a daughter is trying to run the place. No issues getting to Alton, which has covered docks that keep the boat and bimini out of the blazing sun.

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We’ll pass by the St Louis Gateway Arch, but no loopers are around to share taking pics of the boats in front of the Arch. We've previously visited the winery etc so skipped all that.Lue lisää