Rivers and More Day 3

Day 3

324 miles

What a great way to start the day: 5-star breakfast at Bonnie's! Three eggs over easy, 4 strips bacon, toast, juice, and gourmet coffee! I love her!

The day was sunny and clear, was hot early. As it was Sunday morning, the big 6-lane highways through St. Louis were almost deserted and the going easy. Stopped at a park in St. Geneveive for some devo time in the shade. Was going to cross the river on the ferry there, but it was closed because of flooding. Later I found the brige over the Mississippi at Cairo was closed and had to detour back north a bit. Seems like every day ends up being more miles than planned!

This is a tug on the Ohio River.
This is the Ohio & Mississippi River junction.

Got to Dyersburg, TN by 3:30 and Keith had beat me there. He was waiting for me at the local Wal-Mart. The greeter there told us we should go back north about 25 miles and stay at Lake Reelfoot. This lake, named for an indian, was formed by the earthquake of 1810 or 1811 she said. Her advise ended up being good!

We stayed at the Blue Bank fishing resort, this view from our room is the area the boats tie-up in at night. After dinner and showers, we sat out on the corner of the deck by the entrance to the lagoon while God provided the entertainment--after a while of peace, the wind picked up, it became pleasantly cool, the lake got very rough, and we watched the boats struggle to make it back to safty. Even the ducks sought shelter in the lagoon. Was a great day!