Marquette to Lansing, Iowa

Waking in Marquette to 60 degrees vs. the 80+ of past days.  

Markers, clearly showing location and drought conditions.

Views enroute to Lansing.

Dredge operations, working nonstop to keep enough depth in the river
for commerce.

Scoop by scoop of sand.

View from our port side, barge in the distance to collect more sand from dredge operations...the wakes from passing boats continued rolling towards the Lansing Harbor, the "no wake" signs were only for as you
enter the harbor.

Lansing coming into view.

Lansing Bridge that we traveled south under in 2018.

Mounds of sand at the distant side of the bridge from the barges working nonstop to keep enough depth in the river for commerce.

Calling Lansing to find lodging off the boat, we were told, "No Room at the Inn" in answer to every inquiry.  What we found out was this was Lansing's annual FISH DAYS.  This is a celebration of the town.  We also learned that people book their rooms a year in advance.  A B&B next to the marina said her 1st opening is in December.  So...we found our transient moorage, hooked up to electricity and got our little wagon off the boat and headed toward town.  This marina charges a dollar a foot and five dollars for electricity hookup.  We were not within the jetty wall so we were getting rocked quite a bit, but we were trusting that after sunset the water would calm down.  

We walked to SHEP'S RIVERSIDE restaurant. (Tori remembered from 2018, the door to enter, guiding Dan.) The owner, in 2018, took a photo from his restaurant above the river of the Gammel Dansk as we passed by.  He is now the town Mayor too!!  He also remembered us and followed the blog.   

The water calmed as we had hoped.  We did not close our doors early enough and were distracted, disturbed and bitten by mosquitos.  

I also got stung by a bee in the eve so I was figuring out what was in our first aid kit to help me.  One of the workers at the marina suggested, "go get some mud from the river and make a paste.”  Another person suggested tooth paste.  I had Benadryl gel and cortisone cream.  I could not find my baking soda to make a paste.  So...between the mosquitos and my arm... tonight, we will close up early before the mosquitos wake up!