It was a beautiful day with temps in the 70s all day and clear blue skies. We cruised on the flybridge, which on our boat is completely open to all views, but also open to all weather (except for a Bimini sunshade).
The river below Peoria was just below flood stage, but still much higher than usual. We went right over the top of the dam at Peoria. The lock was wide open on both sides and the lockmaster just said to cruise right over the dam anywhere. It was very interesting, and only a little scary, as we watched the deth finder go from 16 ft to 38 ft almost instantly, and that lock is a very low drop usually.
The trees along the river's edge were still flooded, with a line about 6 ft higher on them where the flood waters had washed the leaves away or muddied the leaves that remained.
When we anchored this evening, there was a mature Bald Eagle sitting in a dead tree right next to the boat. The picture is from my cell phone, so it just looks like a little blob high up on the dead limbs, but we were actually very close. It kind'a gives you chills when it looks straight at you.
We're anchored out of the river channel behind this little island (Sugar Island). Kathy's looking at the eagle just after we dropped the hook.
By sunset, I was fishing off the aft deck while we had wine and cheese, and later I hickory smoked hamburgers on the grill for dinner.
The fishing paid off after dark when I caught a very nice little channel catfish that looked good enoigh to eat, but we didn't. A very nice day.We plan on going to St. Louis tomorrow, about 100 miles.
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