New Madrid & Caruthersville, Mo.
Unfortunately, we were completely rained out in New Madrid on Friday and unable to set up our tent & informational exhibt. The boat did arrive safely despite intense thunder, lightning and rain. Despite the storm, there were about 25 cars parked at the riverfront to watch the boat arrive. Friday was our first day on the Mississippi and despite the water being about 10 feet above flood stage, the boat did not encounter any problems.
As the crew departed the next morning, I got this great shot of the sunrise in New Madrid, Mo.
We fought rain again Satuday in Caruthersville, Mo. After rain that morning, it cleared off for a few hours in the afternoon, so we were able to set up and distributed Lincoln information booklets and activity pages to about 250 people.
Sunday we travel to our fifth state on this journey: Arkansas. We've already been through Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri.
1 Comments:
Your picture reminds me of Huck Finn..."Sometimes we'd have that whole river all to ourselves for the longest time.... It's lovely to live on a raft." I always thought Twain had young Abe in mind on Huck's journey down that river.
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