Alton

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Left the dock around 9am waiting for the fog to lift.


The river is like glass this morning. 

Richard snapped this shot of a duck blind.  There were a lot of them in this area.

We had to be on watch for these ferries….

Passing the town of Grafton….we tried to book dockage here but they had no vacancies.

Where the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers meet…..we will now be traveling on the Upper Mississippi.


Limestone bluffs arriving in Alton.


Curled in the fetal position crying 😢? Nope.  Napping 😴? Nope…..as soon as we got tied up to the dock Richard started investigating our anchor windless issues.


Needless to say we will be camping out in the spare room until we get this sorted. 



View from our back deck….beautiful bridge right behind the marina. Planning to stay here 6 nights.





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Ken and Tracy said…
Very cool trip - we are enjoying following your journey! We hope your windlass issues are simple to fix :)
Nice that you're heading to warmer temperatures.
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving - gobble gobble!
October 10, 2022 at 6:00 AM
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