Day 49: 10/24/06

Ben is shocked when he sees the Reggie G., a tow boat that we have heard stories about. One of them involved the Reggie G. running into the lock gates twice of lock 17. It is an abnormal tow having around 7,000 horsepower and two propellers, which spin in the same direction. These two factors somehow make it a very difficult tow to maneuver.

Hannibal a statue of young Mark Twain piloting a paddle boat looks over the river. He was a pilot in this area for five years before turning to literature.






While safe on a Army Corps sandbar we watched the Reggie G. pass us in the middle of the night. The spot light on these tows are so bright that they've woken us on numerous occasions, having us think that our time on this earth is up.