Late Fall Cruise

It's the end of October and the weather is predicted to change for the worse so we took a late Fall cruise on the Mississippi River. The river levels have receded enough now it is safer to cruise the river without having to worry too much about floating debris. The leaves have all changed their colors and are now gone, everything is turning brown waiting to be smothered in beautiful white snow. As we take our cruise we enjoy some unusual warm temperatures and a very quiet river. One of the items we have to perform on our last cruise is to stop at the gas dock and have the septic pumped out for the last time in 2010. We returned to our dock slip and started some preparations for winterizing the houseboat but not too quickly as the weather is too nice not enjoy it as long as possible. We look around the marina and a lot of the smaller boats have already been pulled out and taken to be winterized which gives houseboating a huge advantage as you have the option to freeze them in the water allowing more time. Houseboaters are always the last ones out and the first ones in. Of course even if you freeze the houseboat in the water there is still the winterizing process to go through for the water lines and the engines.  Now we spend the time on our houseboat reminiscing our past adventures and start to plan for our next adventures.

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