It’s Time to Rest – Friday, Sept. 25

After 5 days on the river, it was time for a rest!  We plan to lay over in Grafton on Friday and Saturday.  Today we washed the boat, went grocery shopping using the marina’s courtesy van, caught up on laundry, and did other boat chores.   

We couldn't believe how dirty LeeLoo was when we washed her!  A lot of mud and dust to clean off.  While we are not taking waves over LeeLoo's bow like we did in Lake Michigan, the river is very brown and full of mud. It felt good to see a clean LeeLoo again.

Tomorrow we will do some more boat chores and prepare the boat for an early morning departure on Sunday.  Our destination is Hoppies, (another barge) which is about 60 miles down the Mississippi River.  We will have to pass through 2 locks on the way.  We are hoping our luck with locks holds, although we have talked to many other Loopers who have had to wait for hours to pass through a lock.  Most of the other Looper boats are leaving tomorrow so we will leave on our own on Sunday.

Unfortunately, we have no cell service in Grafton . . . an unusual experience.  The marina does have WiFi but the WiFi is hit or miss . . . certainly not dependable.  We will be living off the grid for a few days!