We woke up with the winds already coming strong out of the south. The river runs east to west at this point so we had to head straight across the channel first thing to get to the leeward side. After that half hour, tedious exercise we headed downriver.
The day started warm and sunny, but the weather was calling for a temperature drop to 50 and thunderstorms for the afternoon. We got stuck going across a deep bay straight into the winds. We finally battled to shore to take a breather, but it was a pretty good fight. After that we stayed as close to shore as possible. As the clouds rolled in and the rain started the wind seemed to get even worse. We were eventually pushed onto the Illinois shore several times and decided to call it. We camped on the side of a huge hill on a little flat spot just big enough for the tent. We were across from Fort Madison, IA at mile 381.
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