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Ths site blogs our Mississippi River trip being planned for 2013. The trip will startr in Iowa, down the Mississippi River, up th Ohio, across Kentucky Lake, and up the Tennessee River to Florence, Al, over 850 miles and 30-40 days. thru about 30 locks, including Wilson Dam which will raise us up over 100 feet.
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- About
- Day 12, Sat, Oct 17th, on Mississippi River below Crutherville, MO.but in Arkansas
- Day 24, Thur, Oct 29, on Arkansas River RM 206 to Rm 230
- The Idea and planning
- Purchased a boat
- preparations to the boat
- Where we will travel!!
- additional work – ready for road trip
- Road trip to Iowa
- Making a test run on Mississippi River
- Designing and outfitting the boat
- Boat put away for winter
- Using Navigation charts and electronics
- Daily Pages, Week 3, Oct 18-25
- Daily Pages, Week 3, Oct 18-25
- Getting the boat ready, May and June
- Daily Trip Log pages
- Day One & Two , Brush Creek
- Day Three, Maquoketa River, Aug 7th
- Day 4, Started down the Mississippi, Bellevue to Subula
- Day 5, Aug 15th, Subula to LeClaire, IA
- Day 6, Aug 16th,LeClaire to Fairport, Ia
- Day 7, Sat. Aug 17, Fairport Rm 462 to Kiethsburg, Ill., RM 427, 35 miles
- Day 8, Sun. Aug 18,Kiethsburg, Ill., RM 427, to shoreline at RM 390
- Day 9, RM 390 to Rm 357, south of Keokuk
- Day 10, Aug 20th, RM357 to Rm 319 behind Goose Island
- Day 11, aug 21,
- Day 12 Aug 22nd
- Day 13, Aug 23 RM 231 to near Alton, Ill. RM 205
- Day 14, near Alton to St. Louis and the Arch
- Day 15, at Hoppies Marina, RM 158
- Day 16, Aug 26, at Hoppies marina for the day
- Day 17, aug 27 tues
- Day 18, Aug 28, Wed
- Day 19, Thur, Aug 29
- Day 20-21, Fri-Sat
- Day 22, Sun, Sept 1st
- Day 23-26, Sept 3 – 6, Mon-Thur
- Day 30, Mon sept 9th, at Paducah, KY
- Day 32. Wed , Sept 11th
- Day 33 Thus Sept 12
- Daqy 34 , Friday Sept 13th
- Day 35 & 36 Sat-Sun, Sept 14-15
- Day 37 Mon Sept 16th
- Day 38 Tues Sept 17th
- Day 38-39 , Tues-Wed, 9/18 Arrived Pickwick Lake
- Day 40-41, Sept 19-20, Thur-Fri, arrived Florence Marina
- Day 42 Sat Sept 20th Final Day
- videos
- Where We stayed each night
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