Drenched

More on Sunday's events....

Been 'offline' for a bit...had to dismantle my phone to dry it out! (more below).

Struggled a bit to find our way out to the main channel. Hit the red & green bouyed channel and a huge wake wave from a passing powerboat peeled towards us. The roiling water of the longest river in the world thrashed over the deck soaking all and everything! My Trea PDA/phone blinked cryptically three times and died. Tenzin had picked up my laptop bag..quick thinking but it too was drenched.

I laid out my electronic arsenal on the top deck to dry.

We met Kobus & Jamie just before Lock 8 and they handed us Nanci's cardtable and a bag of Krista's famous tomatoes we had left behind before heading into our first lock.

We made a total of just 62 miles today before docking in Marquette on the Iowa side. James's delicious buffalo burgers signalled the end of our first day.