Cape Girardeau - start

No sign of the two canoeists, Eric & Nate. The river doesn't just flow downstream as one would expect. It roils, spins and shoots. At times we feel the 24ft Sunbird spin around as we hit one of these spinning 'drains.'

Managing to average 14-15 mph now with the current in our favour. Periodically floating logs clatter beneath the hull and we pass huge floating trees. Navigating at night would be challenging.

At sundown we got to Cape Girardeau (MO side). A river city that had built a great big wall between it and river to keep out the bad influences of the river-loose women, ruffians, and gamblers.

"No Parking by order of the CG Police Dept" warned us not to tie up at the dilapidated floating dock. We did. Wrong directions had Tenzin & I hauling fuel cans across town.