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One beautiful view from the
Professor and Mary Ann as we turned off the Illinois onto the
Mississippi October
26, 2003
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That night we stayed at Alton Marina in Alton,
Illinois.
Jim and Phil drove all day to pick up Chris so he could be back
for School. Lee well be here Tuesday Evening late.
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Alton Marina at night.
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Alton Belle Casino on the
Mississippi.
I went here for dinner and had
all you can eat of crab legs, prime rib dinner, and Chocolate cake
for $14.95.
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Some beautiful flowers in
front of the Alton Belle
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I took a walk into Alton and
saw the store named "Gifts n' Sweets" and wondered what
that was all about. I meet the nicest lady Joyce
Durbin.
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Guess what this man is
painting? I had to
ask him because I could figure it out. He told me that he was
painting Marble squares..
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Why can't the boat stay
together. The
bathroom hoses had worked lose and I had water all over the floor
and Mary Ann's towels were all wet.
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After fixing the hoses I step
out onto the stern of the boat and Look UP. Was
I being Bless?
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Late in the evening after 9
hrs of driving Lee and the taxi driver show up at the Alton
Marina. Lee looks
rested and excited about the boat trip.
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Lee's first day on the
Mississippi.
A view from the helm of the Professor and Mary Ann of the Chain of
Rocks canal.
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NO trip down the Mississippi
would be complete without a picture on the St. Louis Arch.
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On October 29 we pull into Hoppies Marina
in Missouri
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The Hoppies Marina Dock Lady
was one of a kind. She show Lee and I a new way to tied our
fenders and seat down with us and explained the perils of the
river and where to be on guard.
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Walking up the hill toward
town we came across this boat hull. This is not the
Professor and Mary Ann.
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The Blue Owl Full
of wonderful food and pastries for the pallet.
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The Old House Can
you guess what goes on in the Indian tents?
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What can you do in an old tepee
in the night?
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That's right, you can rent the tepee
for an evening dinner and be served.
Boy was that couple having fun.....
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Linda and Vic Schubert of the
Spookie sailboat. Lee
and I ate dinner with the Vic and Linda Schubert at the Old House.
During Dinner we found out
the He was a Power Square Treasure they also were on the Great
Circle Trip
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We were going to leave Hoppies
today but we chickened out.
The winds reached 40 miles per hour. You can see from the front of
this barge the waves as she is going downstream.
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