Hannibal!

Hello Out there...I wrote a long email on the way down here, don't know where it is, but am not going to repeat contents until I see that it DOES NOT show up on my blog.  LOST IN SPACE?  Anyway, we are here in Hannibal, tied securely to the dock, (this is why I stay in shape) as in order to get secured it took a good plan between the Capt and I, then tying lines together to give us the length to work with, then shortening them up once we got the long loops on pilings.  Monkey like scrambling up retaining walls, using the boat hook to snag the loops of the lines from atop the wall, fun stuff.  We are going to go to Lulu Belles for dinner, an old whore house, (having just celebrated our 16th anniversary I hope Capt is not trying to tell me something!).  Tomorrow is Timberlake Mo., just north of St. Louis and our stop at Alton Illinois.  Beautiful day!

Invitation to view a photo from Linda's Picasa Web Album - Hannibal to Alton

You are invited to view a photo from Linda's photo album: Hannibal to Alton Alton Illinois blurry view off our moving boat tied to a moving dock too lazy to go ashore to snap picture..... View Photo Message from Linda: We just turned the heat on to warm up Veda L on this rainy/cold day. A lousy internet connection, but enough to do a little update! Today is shopping with Bud who owns a grocery store and comes down to the marina to pick us up in his ancient cadillac. Beautiful ride down from Timberlake yesterday. I don't know what I do all day, but I said yesterday that I am so busy I never get anything done....does that make sense? I take my "spell" at the wheel, clean, cook, compute, & take pics! Love! If you are having problems viewing this email, copy and paste the following into your browser: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=lindabesk&target=PHOTO&id=5387638809182796562&aid=5387638346409637217&authkey=Gv1sRgCKeH3o6B7bWzigE&feat=email To share your photos or receive notification when your friends share photos, get your own free Picasa Web Albums account.

Sabula to Burlington Iowa

Leaving Sabula Iowa we had to wait for the fog curtain to lift, once
we got out and were heading south we were given permission from the
towboat C Michael Reeves to go through lock 16 ahead of her, Bob
thinks the Capt may have been "kindly" because a couple of days prior
to this, while I was at the helm, I asked the C Michael Reeves which
side the Capt wished to "see me on" He replied that I could choose
either side, I came back with "Oh, Capt...you're going to give a woman
a choice?" with a laugh, then told him I would see him on the One
Whistle side. As I passed him he came out of the pilot house and gave
me a bow and waved his hat at me. When we passed him the second time
at lock 16 he gave me a big blast of his horn as I came out to do
fenders, and of course I gave him a bow back!

Lots of these High Rise's along the river! While at Big Muddy's in
Burlington last night for our 16th anniversary dinner we were told
that these high rises were about the only dry place to be last year as
a levee broke and flooded homes that have never had even a close call
previously.

I love seeing Veda L. in front of the Burlington bridge, this is the
same type of bridge that was being proposed for Stillwater at one
time, I would not mind it in the least. Very picturesque!

No real snakes here....just a crooked street called Snake Alley, it
was built as a short cut from the bluff to the downtown area in the
1800's, the bricks were laid at an angle so that horses would have an
easier time gripping the road with their hooves.

While in Sabula I had decided to take a run; found a beautiful road
adjacent to the marina that led to a park and beach, when I got back
45 min. later I told Bob it was a 3 snake run...2 dead and 1 alive.
The alive one prompted me to leave a blue streak of profanity in my
wake........

Fun trip so far, the only problems so far are all technology related,
a learning curve for sure, but I muddling my way through it all.
Life is Swell on Veda L!

Dead Man's Slough

Message from Linda:

We were running on radar through Dead Man's Slough between Prairie Du Chein and Genoa, the fog closed in, we love our radar!

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Invitation to view Linda's Picasa Web Album - Mia cruises to Pepin '09

You are invited to view Linda's photo album: Mia cruises to Pepin '09 Mia cruises to Pepin '09 Sep 20, 2009 by Linda View Album Play slideshow Message from Linda: This is rather old news as we sit at BIG MUDDY'S in Burlington Iowa on Sept 25th, our 16th anniversary, but not many internet connections to be had so far, so this is the start of the trip, check out the most darling child ever, never to early to turn children into river rats! We are having a romantic dinner gazing at our "home" securely tied to the dock in front of the restaurant. A lot of local boat lovers coming down asking "where ya headed?" If you are having problems viewing this email, copy and paste the following into your browser: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=lindabesk&target=ALBUM&id=5383673016454911681&authkey=Gv1sRgCJbE2oDZ0JnnKg&invite=CNjHpf0K&feat=email To share your photos or receive notification when your friends share photos, get your own free Picasa Web Albums account.