After Hannibal...

Before going on to our next destination, I will post these photos that Bob took while in Hannibal. A cool car.

A cool license plate.

Anchored out behind an island 47 miles south of Hannibal.  One sandy beach close by and the one below was also just 20 feet or so in front of out boat.

 Next we went another 42 miles down river to the huge sandy bar.  Glad we were not here over the weekend as this is a big party spot for the locals.  It is an island just off the shore from St. Charles, MO.  Before it got late we talked with DJ Ray & Judy, who gave us some very good information about the area and what we could expect as we went on down to Alton the next day.

The locals in the houseboat left about 8:30 p.m. and we had the entire sandbar to ourselves.  Sweet!  Well, not really... I almost went crazy because of the heat, humidity and scratching my bug bites.  (they are much better now, however)

 Bob demonstrating how we stay cool while motoring down river in 105 degree temps.

Then we had to wait 1 and 1/2 hours before going through this lock so Wicket & I went to shore in the dinghy.  I think Bob's blood pressure soared.  But we made it safely back to the sailboat without any problems.  Well, except for a little mud.  The mud down here is like quick sand only it is mud.  ICK!