Crossed the Mississipi on Tuesday. Maybe not quite the same as the equator on a ship, but momentous for us. Stayed at a campsite in Davenport, Iowa and Wednesday spent the day looking at the river. A national park site put us at the lock at Rock Island Arsenal where we watched barges two football fields long being pushed up the river. Having been a boater, can't imagine the training necessary for those captains to push that size load upriver against a crosswind. Had lunch on the river, then walked two? miles in a river park. Beautiful day.
Left Wednesday morning for DesMoines area. Ran into thunderstorms en route and had to duck into a rest stop. Got there OK, spent today catching up on mail, itinerary, etc. Nice campsite. Take off tomorrow for the wide Missouri.
Crossed the Mississipi on Tuesday. Maybe not quite the same as the equator on a ship, but momentous for us. Stayed at a campsite in Davenport, Iowa and Wednesday spent the day looking at the river. A national park site put us at the lock at Rock Island Arsenal where we watched barges two football fields long being pushed up the river. Having been a boater, can't imagine the training necessary for those captains to push that size load upriver against a crosswind. Had lunch on the river, then walked two? miles in a river park. Beautiful day.
Glad you are having generally good weather. We've been having rain or so hot and humid it slows us down. We haven't crossed any rivers or seen any spectacles to share, other thatn the 33 birds I counted attacking my bird feeders yesterday in the rain. My little lunch counter seems to be a winner! The wide Missouri will probaably be exceptionally wide after the rainy spring they've had in the mid-west.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your next report!
With much love,
Linda and Annie