Our computer was stricken with a virus that completely blocked access for 4-days. Talk about out of touch, Wow !!
Just got it back out of the shop today, but it is going to take a lot of time to catch up.
We are in Grafton, IL waiting for the Mississippi River to recede from flood stage at Hannibal to St Louis. The Peoria Lock repair that has been going on all summer was extended into Oct 2010. They are open for locking all day on any Sunday, closed Monday through Sat, 7:00 am to 5:00 PM. Can you imagine the backed up barge traffic? We were granted passage at about 4:00 PM last Sunday and cruised to an anchorage about 15 miles below the Peoria Lock. There are very few Marinas below Peoria until you get to Grafton MM "0" on the Ill River. We were addressing a huge "push" down the river when we entered the Grafton area of the Illinois River. Several channels of the Mississippi River flow into the Ill River and create an incredible rush or current causing a very rapid push towards the Mississippi River. It will take a few days to settle down.
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