We made it...day one

We did it...those locks that look so scary were a piece of cake. St Louis was breath taking from the water. And we managed to dock at Hoppie's without hurting anyone or wrecking the boat. An absolutely gorgeous day to be on the river...cloudy and about 80 degrees. We saw and/or passes about 30 tows. Some pushing barges 5 wide and 6 deep. The funniest thing though has to be the fellas on a true Huck Finn raft floating to Baton Rouge. They caught up with us this evening. They left Davenport Iowa and say they average about 30 miles a day just floating along. They are currently walking to the Walmart store, 6 miles away for supplies. The bad news is that this is the LAST gas stop for us. Since we still have 248 miles to go, a gas tank that holds 240 gallons, and we need a little more than a gallon per mile...we got issues. For now, the marina manager is planning to get us a 55 gallon gas drum, some hose and a hand pump. We'll secure all that on the aft deck, and pray for a strong current to help us out. We'll let you know how that all works when we get to Green Turtle Bay.