September 25, 2011
We had heavy rains most of the night and a bit of rocking from passing tows. Greg woke at 3:35 AM and was up and down after that checking to make sure I wasn’t dragging.
We all got underway about 7:45 AM. Greg was driving from below again because of the heavy rain. We have picked up another boat – Molly J – a C-Dory. She travelled with us all day.
When we got to Lock & Dam 53 the wickets were down – this means I can cruise right over the dam because the river is so high! No Lock!
However, we paid for it at Lock & Dam 53, where we waited about an hour and a half in the poring rain to enter the lock. The lock took a while because the lock tenders have to get your lines and put them around bollards to pass back to you. All told it was a 2 – 2 ½ hour ordeal in the rain, with lightning and thunder all around. Fun, fun, fun!
I got to the Cumberland Towhead around 4:35 PM. We were going to raft and triple anchor again. Jeremiah and I were able to get together, but Seamoore and Molly J decided to anchor separately. We were still dealing with lightning and thunder as we anchored.
Hope tomorrow is better!
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