St. Louis

"Make that 4 BIG burgers and beer...." 30 minutes later Les arrived with his friend Renee. No real attractive spots along the river here to dock, so we ran our lines to ashore under a bridge. Great to see Les again. Told him the amazing event in the channel....a fish hopped clean out of the water onto our deck.....stuff you only hear about. "We should put skillet on the deck as bait!" James joked.

We left St Louis waving at Renee and Les at 2pm. The current now that we are past the last locks is swift and makes a visible impact on our speed (up to 14-15 mph).