Great travel day . . . lots of blue sky with perfect temperatures! Passed by Burlington, Iowa, where we traveled the furthest as a couple. Krystina was 6 months old when we went in July, 1992. Mike and Linda Peterson joined us. We were hopeful to get to Hannibal, Missouri, but the water was high that year with a massive current. We also found that Hannibal's harbor wasn't deep enough for our 1965 thirty-eight foot Chris Craft. So, Burlington was our destination back then. We're feeling like we're VERY close to home now, with having seen everything from here on north already!
Like many other river towns, Burlington has a unique bridge.
A little further up river, we saw some barges "anchored out". Not a sight you see everyday!
Our destination was Muscatine, Iowa, for the night. The marina in this town was too shallow for our boat, so we decided it would be a beautiful night for anchoring out. We saw a DNR officer out on his boat and called him over to us to double check where the best spot for anchoring might be. He was very helpful . . . let's say a little too helpful, as we learned that in Iowa you cannot leave your boat unattended while anchored. Kelli and I had an errand to run in town, and we saw a carnival, so we thought it might be fun if we all went into town and checked it out. Well that didn't happen. Instead, Dave stayed back and made a beautiful spaghetti dinner! John shuttled us to town and in the meantime, the DNR officer came back out to double check that someone was on board . . . you gotta love authority!!! The night turned out to be a beautiful one, however. The bridge in town was lit up with all different colors of flashing lights, as well as town with the carnival. I guess we couldn't have seen that if we hadn't anchored :)
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