Now South of St.Louis

Now on CST, we depart the Alton Marina at 6:55 to continue our trek south. We passed downtown St. Louis at 9:30, and the picture above was the only highlight. The St. Louis waterfront is pretty much all industrial - no waterfront restaurants, no condos, no marinas. I was disappointed in the lack of waterfront development that has been done there.

Once south of St. Louis, the river itself turns industrial. There are no marinas for the next 200 miles, and the barge traffic is the heaviest so far. The river is very turbulent, especially where it meets the Missouri. We pulled into the mouth of the Kaskaskia River, where we were allowed to tie up along the wall of a small lock (picture above). It beats anchoring out in the river, but there are no amenities here (like electricity).

Tomorrow we plan a long day of travel to get up into the Ohio River and anchor there for the night.