Cairo, IL - start

"We're approaching Cairo, IL." The timing was perfect. Joe and Diamond who were bound for Memphis to pick us up were going right through Cairo, where we needed to refuel. We turned off the Mississippi and headed upstream on the Ohio River. The Mississippi has been described as 'oily' while the Ohio has been blessed with the tag of 'rosewater.' We ran the Sunbird onto a desolate, rubble strewn bank just below Fort Defiance National Park. Tenzin legged it to find a loo.

It is hot here! Well over 100F. Joe and Diamond arrived, sloshing through the mud to come aboard. Tenzin had managed to locate two portapotties that were "like mini-sauna rooms."