We have arrived!
13-Jul-2021 Tuesday Treasure Island (~UMR mile 798) to Twin Cities Marina, Inver Grove Heights (~UMR mile 831) (29 nautical miles 33.4 statute miles)
44°51’27.9″N 93°00’52.0″W
44.857739, -93.014451
Elevation: 687 feet Elevation change: 13 feet
States (2): Minnesota, Wisconsin
Locks (1):
Lock 2 – mile 815, Hastings, MN
Destination Arrived Mississippi River Statute Mile 830
Remaining Statute Miles: 0
Remaining number of Locks: 0
Along the Way
Top O’ the Morning. We are off. 
Good Bye Treasure Island. 
Keeping an eagle eye on us.
At work (It’s great to be retired).
I hope no one is in there…
LOL. The section of the Mississippi River from Treasure Island to the Twin Cities is called Asshole Alley because there are so many inconsiderate large boats hauling all out between the two spots. Being a Tuesday and all, luckily we didn’t encounter any.
This semi-sunken house boat has been turned into a dock 
explorers 
Prescot 
Turtles on the ribs of a sunken boat 
Hastings
Lock 2 – mile 815, Hastings, MN. The final lock of our adventure. One last time we needed to drop anchor and wait. Scheduled repair was being perform on the lock. We had to wait 30 minutes for the next opening. No problem. It was another ‘Top 10 Weather Day’ and the company was great (Paul and Micki).
The gates on this lock are different from the roller gates on the southern locks. Opportunist pelicans congregated near them
Teaching Micki to drop an anchor 
Opportunists. Pelicans. 
Closed for repair 
The last lock!
Mississippi River Pool 2
Mississippi River bluffs 
The skeleton of a keyboard is in the trees. Paul and Micki said it’s been there for about 20 years. They keep watching it fall apart.
Keyboard in the trees
Woo Woo! Twin Cities Marina ahead!
Look at that hood ornament!
Our kids where there to greet us. I was so excited to see our granddaughter Quinlyn that she was the only one I took a picture of. I got to hold her first 🙂
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