So a really long day today, 115 miles on the river. It was nice to have the river push us, but then we had to find a good spot to get the anchor to hold so we could sleep. Oh yeah, and a good spot to take Memphis ashore to do her business!

We left at first light again out of the Kaskaskia River and back into the Miss River.

Today we went under a suspended pile line over the Miss River. We were told it is the oldest and longest of its kind!

We continued down river past Cape Girardeau, with a great riverside mural!

We have been watching the groups ahead of us on the river and saw several anchor just past the I-57 highway bridge near Cairo IL. The current is swift, but you can anchor in 15′ of water and about 50 yards outside the main shipping channel! Doesn’t seem like a lot, but I can now type that we survived and even slept a little!

Even used the anchor bridle to relieve strain on the windless and lower the angle of pull to help secure the anchor. I did reach out to a passing barge just after nightfall to verify he could see us on AIS, and he confirmed. I set the anchor alarm close, as the current would not let the boat swing around at all. That was great until I walked from the back of the boat to the front and the alarm went off!

Taking Memphis out was a real treat. The current was so strong it was hard to get the dinghy back on the swim deck and lifted. Took both Amy and I to get that done. Poor Memphis had to hold it from 7:30PM until first light, 7:00AM.

We also had to contend with a little fog in the morning!

I was so glad we added a GPS plotter to the dinghy this morning, as I am not sure we would have found the boat without the breadcrumbs it leaves!!

Now we are off to finish the mighty Miss River, and take a left turn up stream on the Ohio. We are warned that the barge traffic will get really heavy on the Ohio.

Hope you have a great day and more tomorrow from Paducah KY!