A few final pictures of Hoppies Marina before we departed:
It was a nice day of cruising with only a few tows and no locks!
We arrived at Kaskaskia River Lock and Dam with Barefeet and Blue Moon where we will anchor for the night. Never Land joined us later in the day as well as two other boats. Normally, boats can tie up to the lower guidewall rather than anchor but they are doing some dredging below the dam and that wall has been removed for dredge access so that was not an option for us. We went around to the left in the photo below and anchored in the area just in front of the dam.
It was pretty windy when we first set the anchor so we were swinging quite a bit. It calmed down around dinnertime and the temperatures were in the 60’s and 50’s overnight which was pleasant although the dredging operators worked all night long so it was pretty loud!. There were a total of six boats anchored by the end of the day.
