BAR-B-Q Adventures

 This is the longest that I have gone without letting our group know how we are doing. Sunday had us docking in Paris Landing State Park for 2 nights. Staying a few days makes time to rest up and see what different places have to offer. There were some Raptor cages here, and we saw owls and a hawk. Went on a long walk on the raptor trail which led us to a place called Gravel Shore. Also walked around the wetlands loop. Returning to the boat we met up with O 'Tug, it was nice to see Tom a fellow looper. Tuesday came and we were on our way to Birdsong Marina in Camden TN. Arriving in Birdsong we were greeted by dockmaster Bob and his crew, and escorted to the TN River Pearl Museum, were they harvest fresh water pearls. the only one in the US. We went to the Patsy Cline memorial, where her plane went  down. It was a solemn place. The courtesy car was an older Lincoln, which took us to Walmart and Krogers for supplies.  We got our booster shots at Walmart, and I had a slight reaction f

 It seems like we have to get to a place that has internet on this section to keep up with this blog. I would like to say that I am sorry for the delay. Let us start with our travels on the Illionis River. Passing through Mel Price Lock we faced a mine field of debris, logs and tree branches stretching out across the river. It was smart to avoid these obstacles.  We had to wait for the next lock, The Chain of Rocks Dam, for about 1 hr. Traveling on the Mississippi  River now to see the Arch in St. Louis.  Anchored in the Meremac River just in front of the railroad bridge at mile marker 160.5. In the morning we are off to the Kaskaskia Lock. Here we docked on the wall overnight with a few other loopers. After we went through the Olmstead Lock, we anchored out at Smithfield Ky. We crossed over the Mississippi River  into the Ohio River. I baked a German Chocolate cake for John's 66th birthday. Being quite foggy in the morning had us going with the fog horn blowing, once ever 2 minut