We got into Muscatine Thursday night and only planned on staying until Sunday. Nothing goes as planned, however, and we ended up staying until Tuesday due to weather. We tried getting on the water Monday, but as we were putting the boat in and hauling gear a man yelled to us that there was a tornado warning. When we started hauling there was only a storm warning, but sure enough in the time it took us to haul all our gear to the water it upgraded to a tornado. I wasn't happy to be on land for an extra day, but for some reason I didn't think our tent would hold up too well in tornado strength winds. Thanks for putting up with us Ben and Sam!
A tornado never did come about, but it rained pretty heavily for a long time causing a flash flood. It was probably a good decision to stay one more night.
We made it to Muscatine on a day with a USA soccer game and we left Muscatine on a day with a USA soccer game. We stopped in New Boston, IL to watch the Yanks take on Belgium. What an exciting game! 0-0 after regulation and then three goals in extra time with all three having substitutes play a huge role. We lost 2-1 and our World Cup was over, but it was extremely exciting. Julian Green became the youngest ever US player to score in a World Cup and Tim Howard had the most saves by any keeper in the past 50 years.
The water continues to boil up around the wing dams and looks like it could swallow the boat. We haven't felt too unstable yet though. We just get spun around a bit. After the flash flood we could definitely tell the water rose a lot. We'll continue to move pretty quickly!
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