{Earl's Party}
Hardly going a mile I hit a gas station and cold beer tap in Alexandria, Missouri. I met some nice people at the tap, and got some free drinks. The propreiters of the place had a son who had just been married this morning. He and his new wife soon came as the rest of the wedding party did. I was asked to stay for food and a place to sleep, but having only gone one mile, and having 1,400 miles to go, I decided to move on.
My Grandmother is from Kahokia Missouri a nearby town. Earl looked somewhat familiar, and could be a relative of mine.
I pick up potable water at Fenway Landing three miles above the dam Missouri side.
I thought I was going to have a long wait when I saw two barges waiting to lock through. A fisherman and boater came up to me and said they were going to lock us through before the barges, probably due to the Forth of July celebrations. That was great news, for it would have been a long couple of hours to sit in front of the dam or portage over.
Dairy entry from the book{Prometheus Lives} by Artist Troy Richard Thomas
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