Follow the Wind: Day 33 - The Purple Cow in Alexandrea MO

Wow, today was the most fun day so far. We slept in like idiots that we didn't get on the river until 11am. We thought we could muscle thru the pool on top of dam 19, but the wind humbled us after 2.5 miles. We ended up calling our "river angel" Gerry for some help. He came with truck and trailer swooped us up and delivered us pass the dam. We then had a lovely lunch with him. As we proceeded 5 miles down, the Purple Cow popped up on the bank at Alexandrea. We decided to might as well make it a lazy day and pulled in to have a cold drink. At first, it looks like any typical bar in a small town with it's staple of 60s-80s years old patrons. As we chatted with the owner about some of our travel stories, they offered us to stay at a friend's cabin on one of the islands. But no sooner did we discussed about the logistic of getting there, another river angel, Boone, offered us his basement. It got all the amenities and air conditioning. We picked the basement because the washer and dryer will do wonders for us. Also the basement is but 100 yards away from the bar. While checking out the place, Boone was leaving to check on his trot fishing line. With a quick invitation, I was cruising on the river at 40 mph watching how it is done.
After a unique insight on the local fishing, we ended up hitting the local bar, the Purple Cow again. By this times, all the young folks were out and it became very lively and we both had a ball with the town Mayor. Food was super cheap and so was the beer on a their Wednesday's beer special. Once well fed and drunk, we met Boone's son, Colten, who had gone down river before. He hooked us up with a Quincy book and a 3am boat float down the river to enjoy the stars. Jeffrey was too tired and checked in to dream land and missed an awesome float. I think I will have a slow day tomorrow.

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longitude: -91.455816
latitude: 40.355220
Our angel Berry