Everyone says you must stop at Hoppie's Marina-Barge. There Fern gives a seminar on the things of importance down the river-like anchorages, where not to stop, etc. She and here husband have been here fo 30+ years, and her husband's father started it in the 1930's. Shown are Fern (sitting down), the office and the view of the marina/barge as we were leaving on October 10. That day, there were about 8 boats there which were going south.
We also walked into Kimmswick which is the second oldest town in Missourri for lunch at the bakery. We expected to buy some bread and rolls but it wasn't that kind of a bakery....just pies, cakes, cookies and meals alot like the Chickadee Cottage in Lake City. The town has a population of less than 100 but I think there were 400 cars in town, eating at the restaurant and going into all the gift shops--there must've been about 20 of those !!!
