It was a beautiful sunrise as we still sat quietly in the mud this morning contemplating how to get us moving. With some major rocking and rolling Tom 
managed to get us moving while I weighed the anchor.
managed to get us moving while I weighed the anchor. Only 16 miles down we came to Coffeeville Lock and Dam the first of 14 on the river systems for us. What a fun experience that was! This lock raised 
us up 27 feet. They have floating bollards to tie off to. These bollards rise with the water which is pretty cool so you can either hold on or tie off. Since we had such a long way to go we tied off and just kept an eye on it mid-ship. The water level was so low we could see the concre
te bottom of the gates at the north end and we’ve never seen that before. It took us over ½ hour to lock through – just us nobody else in the lock. The lock master did ask if we were traveling with anyone else, guess they would have waited for more vessels since locking appears to be a major undertaking on the river. We felt privilege.
us up 27 feet. They have floating bollards to tie off to. These bollards rise with the water which is pretty cool so you can either hold on or tie off. Since we had such a long way to go we tied off and just kept an eye on it mid-ship. The water level was so low we could see the concre
te bottom of the gates at the north end and we’ve never seen that before. It took us over ½ hour to lock through – just us nobody else in the lock. The lock master did ask if we were traveling with anyone else, guess they would have waited for more vessels since locking appears to be a major undertaking on the river. We felt privilege. Once out of the lock it was evident where all the water is. Everything this close to the dam is so plush and green – trees right at the waters’ edge. Backing up the river banks are some larger mountains, something else we’ve not seen in some time. The terrain is ever changing and growing and so very beautiful. We cut through quiet waters undisturbed all day by any other boats. Perhaps just one or two speedy fishing boats, but that was it.
As we approached our anchorage for the night we noticed a tug sitting right across the access to it. Figures we don’t see one all day until we arrive where we want to anchor. Toms gets on the radio and ask
s if it’s ok for us to tuck in behind him to anchor – the captain say’s sure go right ahead on in. So Tom did, watching our depth we managed to squeeze by the tug, pass the little public boat launch, turn around and drop anchor – like we’ve been doing this for years! Shortly after we’d settled in another tug pulls up next to the first. It would appear both are doing crew change, gangplank down and off some men go. A truck pulls up and unloads more guys and aboard they all go. Then both tugs leave with fresh crews. So far only one little fishing boat has used the public boat ramp, so we are hopeful it will be a quiet night.
s if it’s ok for us to tuck in behind him to anchor – the captain say’s sure go right ahead on in. So Tom did, watching our depth we managed to squeeze by the tug, pass the little public boat launch, turn around and drop anchor – like we’ve been doing this for years! Shortly after we’d settled in another tug pulls up next to the first. It would appear both are doing crew change, gangplank down and off some men go. A truck pulls up and unloads more guys and aboard they all go. Then both tugs leave with fresh crews. So far only one little fishing boat has used the public boat ramp, so we are hopeful it will be a quiet night. It’s still too warm in these here parts, so we’ll run the generator (a/c) tonight. Once the sun went down, I glanced out the window and noticed lots of twinkling in the trees.
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