Fall trip

[cwzonk]

Mississippi has settled down and heading north Fri morning.  Heading to Hannibal, MO  100 miles from our marina and 3 locks.  looks like good weather for our trip.

[PartsMan]

Have a fun and safe trip!

[Dream 'Inn]

Sounds like fun.  Make sure to get some good pics to post.

[cwzonk]

Thanks Talon for the help.

Here are a few pics from our fall trip.  The crew and staff of the Mark Twain sight seeing boat was a great help for local info., barge traffic for the locks and even topped off our coolers with ice.  Very nice people!!!



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[Talon]

Great pics! Looks like a good time.

[PartsMan]

Looks awesome! Are there speed limits or no wake areas on the river? How long did it take you to travel the 100 miles?

[cwzonk]

Looks awesome! Are there speed limits or no wake areas on the river? How long did it take you to travel the 100 miles?

Only time we had to slow down was when locking through.  average speed was29-35mph so travel time was 3 hours.(plus locking through time) Locking through was a different story.  Heading up it took 7 hours with a stop for lunch and fuel top off.  Heading down river we made it to the last lock in just uner 4 hours, the captain of the Mark Twain sightseeing boat told me I might run into a barge before I get to the last lock.  We past the barge up about 10 miles from the lock and I did up my speed to 40mph to get a jump on the barge.  Made it to the lock and called the lockmaster and told me I had to wait for the barge I just passed lock through.   A half hour later the barge finally made it to the lock,  entered the lock, the computer that runs the gates had to get rebuted and another 45 minutes after the barge entered I got the go ahead to enter.  25 minutes later we locked out.  The other 2 locks we had no problem,  we caught one where a barge was heading up river while we were going down, just iddled right on in.

Hannibal is a great little river town with alot of history,  not knocking the small marina but after the flood they had no shore power.  Not a big deal with gen. and great weather.  But, the marina is about 50 yards from 3 yes 3 railroad tracks.  The tracks have 2 road crossings that end in the parkinglot of the marina and sightseeing boat.  The captain of the Mark Twain asked us how we slept... I said not very well, he started to laugh and said: "did the trains keep you up, up to 40 trains per day come through here"  I laughed and said they don't come through durring the day they come all night long.  The first thing you get a warning with the crossing bells and then here it comes several long VERY LOUD train horns at EACH crossing.  Other than that great ride, wonderful weather and oh yeah 10 year anniversary.

[PartsMan]

Sounds like a great trip. I hope to do something like that soon.

[cwzonk]

We are trying to plan a trip up the IL river next year.  We have friends in Lockport IL. and then maybe to Lake Michigan.

[blue marlin]

We are planning a trip up the Ill to Mels on Nov 1st.
If the weather permits, we may hang on the hook overnight in Hardin.

I just got my first Rinker, so Thanks for the great forum!

Marlin

boat name "Wanderer"
Lake Center Marina, St. Charles, MO

[Talon]

Welcome to the site and congrats on the new boat. Got any pics?

[cwzonk]

Oh no the marlin is on this site.  Did you have the rinker on Sat.  I thought I saw your old red boat.  we went up to the island for a while and then cruised around.  you can get some great help on this site. 
Welcome  to the site (aka tallone).

[DaleM]

Our Fall Cruise wasn't quite as long as yours but a great time was had by all.

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