ORE 5

Tuesday

After the grounding and delay through the Smithland lock, we had a great day. The river and surrounding country side is beautiful.

We met several barges, all of which were 3 wide by 5 long. We stayed clear. At one point, we were overtaking one barge while meeting another.

I took a chance and let Rich and Dawg drive for a while--after all, we had already hit a rock.

Last night, we set Rich up in the "steerage" quarters. The tarps kept the morning dew off...........................mostly. His snoring still rattled the boat. Really roughing it--laptop, PDA, cell phone, GPS, etc,etc,etc

When we arrived at our anchorage, we all jumped in for a swim. I suppose three guys swimming naked might look suspicious.

Afterwards, we were sitting on deck when Dawg noticed a large fish swimming close to the boat. Then we looked around, and saw that we could have walked across the water on all the fish. Large gar and carp. Dawg decided we should have fish for dinner, so he secured a knife to the end of the boat hook, and became Captain Ahab.

We did have fish for dinner. Salmon

T D & R