On the fourth we walked up to town to see the parade. There were a few nice cars, horses, politicians, Tow trucks, and fire trucks. It was small but everyone was in a festive mood. We watched the fireworks from the boat since they pull the barge up just outside the harbor.
We got ready to go on the 5th and found we needed
to wait to go through the lock until a barge with hazardous cargo went through.
Shortly before we were ready another barge called the lock to go through and he
was told he was going to have to wait for us. The barge captain proposed that
we tie on to him once he got in the lock. All went well even as daunting as it
felt. The tug drove out of the lock with us attached until there was enough
water to separate without the tug tossing us around with the turbulent water he
makes. We travelled nearly side-by-side all day up to the John Day Lock where I
asked if we could piggy back again. If we hadn’t gone through together, it
would have meant a 1.5-hour delay for us getting through. Shortly after John
Day we tied up to a dock at Le Page Park just inside the mouth of the John Day River.
This morning we travelled to Arlington no locks no drama.
The town is small, really small. We plan to go to Boardman tomorrow.
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