The NE View this Morning from Our Lansing, IA Slip.
Can You Hear Me Now? No, Say the Red Bars
There's no T-Mobile, Sprint or US Cellular coverage for 130 miles between Winona, MN and Dubuque, IA. Exacerbating matters, tonight's marina has no WiFi. How quickly we become spoiled by always-available internet. The site we miss most is MyRadar; especially in this unsettled weather.
Hmm, This Cloud Doesn't Look Friendly
Rain and Lightening
We get caught in a lightening storm's pincer movement. Two close strikes, one on port and the other on starboard, with zero seconds between the flash and thunderclap, knockout our wind instrument and AIS. Luckily, cycling the power brings them back to life.
Head South Nellie--Away from the Mean Thunderstorms
The Round Orange Sign, at Left, on Top of the Lock's Wall, Warns Mariners that more Water than Normal is Flowing Through the Dam
During Bicki's first radio contact with Lock 9's master, she tells him we're 30 minutes out and asks how it looks for a lock down. He says he's got a tug in the lock, but if we can hurry up and be there in 20 minutes we'll be next. Damn the price of diesel, full speed ahead!
Flowers on the Dubuque Waterfront
It's amazing how much faster it is going downriver. Today's 84 mile run took three times longer traveling upriver. Our total is now 196 miles for the trip. Tonight Nellie is safely ensconced in the Ice Harbor in Dubuque, IA at Mississippi mile marker 579. DBH
