Evasion

Captain's Log - Day 26

We're on a pretty tight schedule. We've gotta make 60 miles upriver everyday in order to make it through the Chickamauga Lock, which closes at 6am on the 20th!

Saturdays are fun days because there are always lots of other people boating and frolicking on the river.

We covered our 60 miles today, braving another typhoon. The toughest part about it was all the wake the other boats made as they sped past, fleeing to their harbors.

Simon and I have improvised a new recipe! Their kind of like Coney Dogs ... maybe they should be called River Dogs? But aren't otters river dogs? Anyway, here's what you do:

You grill some hot dogs and a hamburger. You're also gonna want to toast the hot dog buns. You also open a can of Bush's baked beans with the back of a hammer (check out the updated casualties list) and put it on the stove to heat up. Put the can of beans right on the stove - not in a pan. Cut up an onion and some cheddar cheese.

After the burger is grilled, you chunk it up and mix it with the beans. You pour this concoction over the hot dogs and then top it off with onions and cheese! It's really good!

We're on the hook in Guntersville Lake tonight. I don't want to jinx anything, but ... for the last several nights, we seem to have evaded our bloodsucking nemeses! Not sure how we were able to give them the slip ... Maybe we smell so much like the river that we're indistinguishable now!