Our longest day is ahead of us. It is Thursday the 13th and today we have 116 miles to do today. We all left Kaskaskia Lock and continued down the Mississippi. We had a great sunrise to start our day. Fern had mentioned a number of area to enter with caution. A hard turn at mile 99, and three sharp turns that have wicked turbulence, mile 130 and mile 84 and mile 4. We could certainly feel the current but it was not as bad as i expected. Don is great at driving and maneuvering the boat. There were some interesting little islands along the way. One at mile 80 on the star board side of the boat. And lot, and lots of barges. Belinda the nite before had mentioned that it was Bev's birthday and that if we could we should cook dinner for her and have it on Rickshaw. I thought it was a great idea, and between the two boat that we could put on a great dinner.
The day went on with ease. All the Tug Captain's were very nice especially the on on the Daniel W. Wise. We asked him which way he wanted us to pass him on the 1 or the 2 and he said " you can go either side, but just don't hit me". Well we all needed a little laugh at this point. It was late afternoon as we approached Angelo Towhead. We went in first and tried to set the anchor. After about 20 minutes of trying to find the right spot we attempted to dropped the anchor. Since we have not set an anchor for awhile it, the anchor seemed to be stuck. A little hit or two with a wrench loosen it and we were able to dropped the it. By the time we got that done and looked at the other boats they were relaxing in the back of their boats.... Then we had to put the dingy in the water, and again we have not done this for a while. The dingy went in with no problem. Don pumped a little more air into it and we were good to go.... Now it was time for a rum and coke....
I had gone down earlier in the afternoon to bake a box of brownies mix to use for a birthday cake and I had some icing. Belinda suggested to Bruce and Bev over to come over Rickshaw for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Don took them over in our dingy then came back to pick up me and the food. I am very uncomfortable in the dingy, but it went fine. Once there we had a few munchies and drinks and then Belinda surprise Bev and told her for her birthday that she would not have to cook. She was surprise and relieved because she have not made dinner and really did not want to make dinner.... That nite went we all got on the boat the sun was going down. It was amazing. It seemed to be a perfect way to end a longggg day.... Great food, great wine and great friends and fun were all to had this evening. Don shuffled Bruce and Bev back to their boat and helped Belinda do the dishes and then back to our boat. Another 6:30AM morning so we called it a nite..... I am so glad that we have had the opportunity to travel with Rickshaw and Paddy Wagon. They are memories that I will always hold close....
Our longest day is ahead of us. It is Thursday the 13th and today we have 116 miles to do today. We all left Kaskaskia Lock and continued down the Mississippi. We had a great sunrise to start our day. Fern had mentioned a number of area to enter with caution. A hard turn at mile 99, and three sharp turns that have wicked turbulence, mile 130 and mile 84 and mile 4. We could certainly feel the current but it was not as bad as i expected. Don is great at driving and maneuvering the boat. There were some interesting little islands along the way. One at mile 80 on the star board side of the boat. And lot, and lots of barges. Belinda the nite before had mentioned that it was Bev's birthday and that if we could we should cook dinner for her and have it on Rickshaw. I thought it was a great idea, and between the two boat that we could put on a great dinner.
The day went on with ease. All the Tug Captain's were very nice especially the on on the Daniel W. Wise. We asked him which way he wanted us to pass him on the 1 or the 2 and he said " you can go either side, but just don't hit me". Well we all needed a little laugh at this point. It was late afternoon as we approached Angelo Towhead. We went in first and tried to set the anchor. After about 20 minutes of trying to find the right spot we attempted to dropped the anchor. Since we have not set an anchor for awhile it, the anchor seemed to be stuck. A little hit or two with a wrench loosen it and we were able to dropped the it. By the time we got that done and looked at the other boats they were relaxing in the back of their boats.... Then we had to put the dingy in the water, and again we have not done this for a while. The dingy went in with no problem. Don pumped a little more air into it and we were good to go.... Now it was time for a rum and coke.... 
I had gone down earlier in the afternoon to bake a box of brownies mix to use for a birthday cake and I had some icing. Belinda suggested to Bruce and Bev over to come over Rickshaw for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Don took them over in our dingy then came back to pick up me and the food. I am very uncomfortable in the dingy, but it went fine. Once there we had a few munchies and drinks and then Belinda surprise Bev and told her for her birthday that she would not have to cook. She was surprise and relieved because she have not made dinner and really did not want to make dinner.... That nite went we all got on the boat the sun was going down. It was amazing. It seemed to be a perfect way to end a longggg day.... Great food, great wine and great friends and fun were all to had this evening. Don shuffled Bruce and Bev back to their boat and helped Belinda do the dishes and then back to our boat. Another 6:30AM morning so we called it a nite..... I am so glad that we have had the opportunity to travel with Rickshaw and Paddy Wagon. They are memories that I will always hold close....
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