Day 82, October 22nd, 2009
Up at the Visitors Centre at 7:30. The staff were surprised to see us standing there when they arrived a few moments late! But they were very kind and started up the movie especially for us and we really enjoyed it. They moved more earth to build the Ten Tom, starting in 1985, than they did to build the Panama Canal!! It shortened the trip by 800 miles of winding river.
As soon as we'd see the whole movie we got back to the boat, went through the lock and were chugging along again. Stopped the night at Smithville, MS. The book told us that the town was just a 1/2 mile walk away - turned about to be more like 1.5 miles away but that was fine. Found a PigglyWiggly to buy milk and walked back again. Big thick black clouds overhead. A kind lady stopped to ask us if we would like a ride back before the rain hit but we thanked her and told her it was just another 15 minutes or so and we'd be fine. How kind everybody is. There's always somebody watching out for us and offering help!! We did get back before the rain, glad to see the dinghy and Periwinkle right where we had left them. (We did lock the security cable to tie the dinghy to the little dock at the public ramp though!!)
Up at the Visitors Centre at 7:30. The staff were surprised to see us standing there when they arrived a few moments late! But they were very kind and started up the movie especially for us and we really enjoyed it. They moved more earth to build the Ten Tom, starting in 1985, than they did to build the Panama Canal!! It shortened the trip by 800 miles of winding river.
As soon as we'd see the whole movie we got back to the boat, went through the lock and were chugging along again. Stopped the night at Smithville, MS. The book told us that the town was just a 1/2 mile walk away - turned about to be more like 1.5 miles away but that was fine. Found a PigglyWiggly to buy milk and walked back again. Big thick black clouds overhead. A kind lady stopped to ask us if we would like a ride back before the rain hit but we thanked her and told her it was just another 15 minutes or so and we'd be fine. How kind everybody is. There's always somebody watching out for us and offering help!! We did get back before the rain, glad to see the dinghy and Periwinkle right where we had left them. (We did lock the security cable to tie the dinghy to the little dock at the public ramp though!!)
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