May 17
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Our River Road mini-vacation continues......
Today, we were driving down the Iowa side of the Mighty Mississippi and came across a flea market in Bellevue.
We stopped to shop and noticed that a tugboat with barges was going thru the lock right next to the park hosting the flea market.
I wandered over there for a look and was excited to see that it was an ARTCO (Archer Daniels Midland) vessel.
The M.V. COOPERATIVE AMBASSADOR:
Oh how I would have been thrilled to be invited aboard for a quick tour.
One of my "bucket list" items is to spend a couple nights (optimistic) or a day (more realistic) working aboard a tugboat.
Riding the Mississippi in a very cool and unique way.
Out for now......
Matt