We visited a few small Mississippi river towns today, and took Daisy for the ride. We saw Fort du Chartres, which was a French stone fort built around 1740 with excellent stone mason work, much of which has been restored. See picture. It was French until the Brittish took over about 1755 and then the Americans took it over about 1785.

Then we visited the Kascaskia lock, where we'll likely spend Thursday night tied up at the lock wall. It's one of the few places to overnight on the Mississippi river between St. Louis and the Ohio river.

We also went to Kahokia where we saw the church for the oldest existing parish in the USA. The church (see picture...that;s Kathy on the sidewalk) with vertical log construction, was built around 1705, but the parish was established in 1699.



Possible good news on the engine exhaust manifold pipe is that I bought a reconditioned used one from Dave DiSesa ("CaptDis" on the Hatt Owners Forum) and it was shipped today via overnight delivery to arrive tomorrow.