Sunday
You all may be snuggled up on the couch watching football this afternoon but the Southern Belle was on the River early. We have a huge mileage goal for today of 115 miles. That gets us to an overnight anchorage just before we leave the Mississippi and head up the Ohio River tomorrow.
Normally we don't put in so many miles but we are getting a huge push from the current and the anchorage we are heading to is supposed to be a good one. It is 1:40 right now and we have traveled 80 miles already. Weather is wonderful...sunny and clear.
Lots of barge traffic to contend with but we are still averaging 11.2 miles per hour which is not bad (our normal cruising speed is about 8mph).
As well as the regular tows we just passed a huge Army Corp of Engineers dredger. I think I got a picture. ..I'll post it if it's any good.
That's it for now
Christie
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