On the Mississippi River

We left Beardstown IL and made a 58 mile run to Willow Island, which is just north of the town of Hardin IL. It was a very cold night on anchor. We do have heat, but we need AC power to run it. No shore power, no heat. I do have my trusty Honda Generator that I’ll use in extreme conditions, and that night was extreme.

When we woke in the morning it was in the low 30s in the morning. The boat was covered in frost and the steam coming off the 60 degree water gave us zero visibility. I fired up the generator, let the heater run for a bit, made a cup of coffee, and waited for the fog to burn off a bit.

Once we got moving it was a 31 mile run to the town of Grafton IL and the end of the Illinois river. Then it was another 15 miles down the Mississippi river to Alton IL, where we are now and were we’re going to stay for a few days doing chores and preparing for the next leg of our journey.