Saturday, September 9, 2017 – American Duchess River Boat, Packing

For P-day we headed south to Keokuk, IA to do our shopping and saw a site we haven’t seen before. At the Keokuk Dam on the Mississippi River there was a River Boat in the shipping lock. It was headed down stream so Sis. Johnson and I walked down to the Lock observation area to watch the “American Duchess” move through the lock. 

Getting to see a real Mississippi River boat was a treat. Evidently there are a lot of River Boats on the river but Sis. Johnson and I have been working and living next to the Mississippi River for a year now and this is the first real river boat we’ve seen. 

Back from our shopping trip Sis. Johnson began to pack boxes as we plan for our release in about 8 weeks. We don’t have much room in our compact car and little trailer so a lot of the Items we’ve accumulated during our mission we will give away before we leave. However there are a lot of items that are mission memorabilia or essential items and those we will be mailing home in advance. It’s hard to believe that we will be going home in less than two months.