The Mississippi is very wide and as a result so are the barge loads that the tugs are pushing. The largest package we saw today contained 42 barges!
Scenes along the big river
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| another friendly lock master; nice guys |
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| common size tug |
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| St Louis skyline |
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| Fern in the orange shirt |
Kimmswick is an historic town with lots of interesting stores, restuarants and sites. Hoppie and his wife Fern own the marina we stayed in; Fern insists that all who are doing the loop and staying at the marina must show up with maps in hand so she can teach the latest news about the Mississippi. People from all four boats obediently showed up for "class" at 4:30 in which we learned about where to anchor out, alternate anchorages, the depths of the water in certain places, the tricky currents, getting along with the tugs and their hugh loads and much more.
We will travel only about 200 miles on the Mississippi before turning up the Ohio to reach the Tennessee River and Ten Tom. Why? The Mississippi from that point to New Orleans has very few suitable places to stay, shop or sight see. The other rivers are much more interesting.
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