From the Captain's Journal:        

River Date 9  (15 July 2008)

As we approached the next lock at Clinton Missouri we coordinated with the lock operator and found that we had to wait for a barge getting through before we could lock through. As such the crewmates decided to enjoy a late lunch and later, Nate and Dave enjoyed a little Mississippi mud. Yup, they're living up to the name. I think a couple coed friends might have made this a little more interesting.

We had to pass through Lock 20. This lock and dam was more to the usual size and depth from our first trip. We could easily see that the roller dams are still up all the way up as the waters are still running high. Just through Lock 20 is Clinton Missouri. We made it into Quincy Illinois around 8:00 PM but not without a little excitement and a close scrape with very, very, very low bridge. We thought we would enter town through a beautiful chute but found that we had to take everything of the cabin roof to squeeze under the bridge in the foreground of this picture. Dan and Dave pushed up on the bridge bottom (forcing the rafting go deeper into the water) as we passed under the bridge to ensure that the cabin and solar panels didn't scrape. The Bear Naked docked at the Quincy Boat Club for that evening. The club house is still under repairs from the flooding.