Sept 27 - Kaskaskia - Sept 28 Grand Tower

Early departure from Hoppies and headed to the Kaskaskia Lock and Dam. This is a lock on a side river to the Mississippi that will get us off the river for the night. Usually you can tie to the wall below the dam, however they are dredging the area at this time. Therefore we had to transit the lock and anchor above the dam then transit the lock back down again the next  morning. The stay at the lock was very pleasant with a nice park just off to the side.

The next morning we headed for Grand Tower Island. There is only one place to anchor here and that is behind one of the wing dams they made on the river to prevent shoreline erosion. The current entering the wing dam was quite strong but very good inside and with good depth. We rafted again with David and Susan and decided to put out two anchors for the night. We were well protected from the Tow wakes inside the wing dam. There is plenty of sand behind many of these dams and the shoreline is  pretty much all  sand.