Along the Mississippi

 

Day 100 – Tuesday, September 21, 2010

089°56.820’ W

37°59.078’ N

Kaskaskia Lock and Dam – at anchor on the Kaskaskia River

The river continues to be fast running with lots of floating debris to dodge. After eight hours at the helm a good nights rest was needed.

Barge traffic

Normally when spending the night at this particular lock, it’s customary to tie up before the lock on the wall. When we arrived the Army Corps of Engineers was dredging and we were directed to the high end of the lock. There wasn’t much to hook an anchor into so we anchored and tied to a bollard on land. That worked well for us and Chris and Bruce anchored plus rafted off of us and with three points to hold us tight everyone got a good nights sleep.

A bend along the Mississippi