S2E10-GREAT LOOP-LEG 11-Alton IL to Arnold MO
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- We are braving the frigid temperatures in Alton, IL to visit the National Great Rivers Museum. After learning about the technologically advanced Mel Price Lock...something unexpected happens on our way to the St. Louis Arch and our beautiful Meramec River anchorage.
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I live just downstream from there.
Right where you anchored, there is a power plant.
One day, I was programming the pH controller of the ash-pond overflow system and had a power plant worker putting a few ounces of green tracer into the intake pipe so we could measure the water's time in the pipe. As he was doing this, he accidentally knocked over the whole 5-gallon container and it all sucked right into the intake pipe.
All we could do was watch the entire Meramec River boil up bright green all the way to the Mississippi and then make a miles long bright-green cloud as it progressed downstream.
By the time the Coast Guard came to investigate, I had made sure I was far gone from there.
Oh wow! What a story!!! Thank you for watching :)
10:13 Kathy’s giggle cracked me up when you said what an engineer phenomenon the lock was. Another great video and the music is killer.
Haha! Thank you so much! We appreciate your support :)
I had to laugh at the location you anchored. I was commenting in your last video "If you happen to notice this little river" Well, I guess you did! It's just been a joy to watch your travels right thru my back yard and on the rivers I grew up on.
Thanks again for letting us all along side!!
Thank you David! It was a perfect spot to anchor! We loved the area. Thank you so much for watching!
The second bridge you went under is the Stan Musial memorial bridge,the 3rd is Martin Luther King bridge
Thank you! We try to get them right, but we appreciate the correction! Thank you for watching :)
I'm loving traveling with you folks on this adventure! I can't wait until it's our turn. I will be at the helm, and hubby is engineer and lines. This one makes me glad of that. Kudos to Kathy out there for so long!!!
Thank you!!! That is awesome! My goal is to dock the boat, but i am terrified lol! I will get there someday🙂 Thank you for your support on this journey! We appreciate it!
Love the videos. I watched them all in about a week. I am planning on the loop with the wife in a few years. Show some breakfast and dinners you make on the hook. Stay safe.
Thank you so much! We really appreciate your support! That is a great idea about the meals. :)
Learned to water ski at the confluence. Pretty intimidating when you're in those waters. The Meramec was called the river of death by early pioneers.
Oh wow! Thank you for joining us! We appreciate it :)
You should have spent a day or 2 in st louis,took a ride to the top of the st louis arch
Yep, I agree. So many places we have passed on our journey, and so many places we wish we could have spent more time St Louis is one of those places! Thank you for sharing!
The locks used to be open to the public. I remember stopping by with my folks in the 60's.
That is wonderful! They are a site to see for sure! Thank you for watching! :)
Didn't realize how many locks there are Wow!
I know it! lol. We knew, but didn't realize how many locks each day we could have! Thanks for watching Aric! Miss you :)
You ended this video and section in my hometown...Arnold. :) From reading previous comment, I saw that you are about a month behind on videos. Wish I would have found your channel sooner, I could have offered ahead of time to come pick you up for dinner and a cocktail. A mile or so up river on the Meramec, there's a small boat ramp at the Telegraph Rd. bridge, called Flamm City, that would have been easy to dingy over to. Anyway, a little personal connection for me, you tying up 10 minutes from where I grew up. Another good video. Safe travels!
Thank you so much Andy! It was such a beautiful area we would have loved to have met up! We appreciate your support!
That bridge in Alton was built not long ago and PBS made a special out of it on the construction of the bridge and it was very interesting. I say not long ago time passes quickly
Thank you for sharing that! We will check that out. We appreciate your support! :)
Love the shorts 😎
Thanks 😁..never give up hahaha!
Looks darned cold…although “real feel” here in Northern Michigan last week was about zero degrees, so be glad you weren’t here! (BTW, you can go ahead and talk about real feel and wind chill all you want - your response to the person who didn’t like it was very diplomatic. 😊)
Thank you! We have been watching the weather back home, we are definitely thankful! We appreciate your support so much! :)
We had a truck driver at the company I retired from that was like Bob , this guy wore shorts year round and we live in west central Illinois along the Great Mississippi River 😊
Hahaha! Thank you Greg! This is my first winter not in Michigan. I am trying to avoid snow at all costs and stay in shorts for the winter months. It is a silly goal, but I am sticking to it! Thanks for following along, and thanks for the great comment! Cheers!
You guys are doing a great job with the videos. We are planning our trip, will be a few more years of work but time sure does tick by fast. I know you talked about your fuel burn rates in an earlier video, wondering what your fuel costs are running so far?
Thank you for the kind words! It is great that you are planning your trip! It will fly by and before you know it you will cast the lines! We have about +/-600 miles behind us to Arnold MO. Burning an average +/-9 GPH at an average of 8.8kts for about +/-65 hours. We are finding fuel at around $4.90 gal to $5.50 gal. I hope this helps! Strongly recommend taking your boat out and documenting fuel burn rate at every 10 RPM and log speed at those RPMS. Thank you! Best of luck!
Did you meet Jill at the Alton Marina? She's my cousin, and a great person.
Mr. Perry I do remember a woman working the dock office as we took on fuel and paid for our slip....I wonder if it was Jill!
Thank you for the comment, and thanks for following along with us! All the best to you and Jill!
You have the bridges wrong in your narration, the new one is the Stan Musial bridge
Thank you for that correction! We appreciate it! :)
Thank you! Yes, you are correct. I found the issue. Our charts did not have the Stan Musial Bridge shown, not even drawn on the chart! I updated the chart and it now shows the bridge, but with no info. No name, no height. etc. Thank you for pointing this out. It is important to note that about the charts, I'm sure others will find it helpful. I appreciate it! 😀👍
i notice your position looks like you are in a boat yard. Hope you aren't having issues too serious.
Thank you! We are getting some work done. Hoping to be back underway soon. Thank you for watching and commenting!
How do you heat the cabin at night?
Those boats have reverse cycle HVAC heating and air conditioning (or even portable space heaters) when the generator is running
Great question! When on dock power we use the HVAC units. We have 4. Salon, Master Stateroom, Guest Stateroom, and Bridge...or a small space heater to take the edge off. While on the hook we run the generator for short periods of time and run the HVAC unit to bring the temp up, or we can use space heaters for short periods of time while on house batteries. Space heaters take up a lot of battery juice, but sometimes just a few minutes is all it takes to knock the chill off. Also extra layers and sometimes our dog Ollie help to warm things up! Thank you for watching and the great comment! 😀
The music junked another video 👎👎👎👎👎💩💩😬
Sorry you didn't care for it. We appreciate you watching :)
Willl you please stop this 'real feel' nonsense and just say the damn temperature!? There is no wind chill when you are down in a lock.
lol, maybe its a Michigan thing! All I know is it was COLD! :) Thank you for watching!
Thank you for the kind words! We appreciate you following along. We prefer "real feel" because it is an accurate representation of what we will feel, on our skin, and have to prepare for, as we are handling lines or out in the elements on deck. It gives the viewer and accurate representation of what we are dealing with at that moment. What does it matter if the air temp is 40 if the real feel is 19...we need to prepare for 19, not 40...get it? You are 100% incorrect about no wind chill in a lock. That is absolutely not true. In fact, if the wind is directly at the bow or at the stern in a lock it can actually intensify the wind chill as it comes through in a wind tunnel effect. This happened to us in 2 different locks. Thanks for watching and the positive comments!
This video is so boring
So are you...yawn...