North bound on Upper Miss

[Oldrvrrat57]

Headed up to Winona Mn. Been piloting boats for over 40 years and looking to retire next year! I'll sure miss the sun rises and sun sets!

 

[newnan man]

You are obviously not part of the " supply chain" BS! Enjoy your retirement. I retired then went back to work! Duh.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Nice! Love that Mighty Mississippi! Ever work on the Lower.around Clarksdale,MS or Big Island? That,s where the White and Arkansas join the Miss.Enjoy your retirement!

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

My main route is between Cairo IL. and St Paul Mn. from spring to fall. Then I run the Illinois and Ohio rivers in the winter months

Nice! Love that Mighty Mississippi! Ever work on the Lower.around Clarksdale,MS or Big Island? That,s where the White and Arkansas join the Miss.Enjoy your retirement!

 

[crashbandicoot]

My main route is between Cairo IL. and St Paul Mn. from spring to fall. Then I run the Illinois and Ohio rivers in the winter months

Just wondered. I,ve spent a lot of time on the Miss. between the mouth of the White and Arkansas.She,s a big river there! My wife is from Cape Girardeau!

 

[GoldieLocks]

Just wondered. I,ve spent a lot of time on the Miss. between the mouth of the White and Arkansas.She,s a big river there! My wife is from Cape Girardeau!

I am just above Minneapolis for about 36 more hrs. visiting. On my way to finally check out St. Georg after this.

 

[tamrock]

Ever since I was a little tike I've had this fascination of the great Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio Rivers and the history that runs all up and down them. So many stories from the time of the mysterious mound builders to the great cities of New Orleans and gateway to the west at Saint Louis. Last year I flew high above a good stretch of the lower Mississippi from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. I thought about you folks down there below running those barges slowly up and down the river and wished I was one of you like I did when I was a kid.

 

[GoDeep]

Headed up to Winona Mn. Been piloting boats for over 40 years and looking to retire next year! I'll sure miss the sun rises and sun sets!
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I was up on Sugar Loaf waving down at you, but you didn't give me a horn toot to acknowledge :-(

 

[GoDeep]

It's sad to me the US largely abandoned rail and barge, the most efficient forms of goods transportation. Fuel became cheap and trucks convenient so we let them decay and even ceded back much of the rail line properties and let our lock and dam systems decay, making it even harder for us to bring back rail and river trans. as will be necessitated in the coming centuries as fossil fuels dwindle.

 

[Sputnik57]

Headed up to Winona Mn. Been piloting boats for over 40 years and looking to retire next year! I'll sure miss the sun rises and sun sets!
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Congratulations! I was a charter captain on Lake Michigan during the late 70's and 80's. I still miss the sunrises, the smell of the water, and even the smell of the fuel as it drifted away across the water, I guess I always will. Good luck hunting! Keep your back to the Sun, nose in the wind, ears cupped backward, and remember God is always present.

 

[tamrock]

I don't know about the dwindling of fossil fuels as some say it's a lot of wishful thinking and with the ever increasing demand for just about more of everything you can think about, replacing fossil fuels with alternatives just isn't gonna keep up with that demand so many crave. I saw a show from Germany and they said the demand for coal will be at an increase by 30% by 2050. This crisis so many are thinking about is all like the idea of colonizing Mars and all we can do about it is dream about how it can be done imo.

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

It's sad to me the US largely abandoned rail and barge, the most efficient forms of goods transportation. Fuel became cheap and trucks convenient so we let them decay and even ceded back much of the rail line properties and let our lock and dam systems decay, making it even harder for us to bring back rail and river trans. as will be necessitated in the coming centuries as fossil fuels dwindle.

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I have over the course of 41 years piloting boats on the inland River system have watched the deterioration of the river system! At one time we were able to deliver 15 loaded barges into St Paul and are now reduced to 9 and sometimes 12 if river conditions permit! Due to the lack of channel maintenance! SAD!!!

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Congratulations! I was a charter captain on Lake Michigan during the late 70's and 80's. I still miss the sunrises, the smell of the water, and even the smell of the fuel as it drifted away across the water, I guess I always will. Good luck hunting! Keep your back to the Sun, nose in the wind, ears cupped backward, and remember God is always present.

I know that God is for sure always with me! He has answered my prayers so many times over the years! Going home next week and will be swinging that coil!