The Towboat Dan MacMillan Meets The M/V Michael G. Morris Mississippi River MP158
The Towboat Dan MacMillan letting the river do most of the work pushes 25 loaded barges just south of St. Louis. The Michael Morris is a very unique looking boat with the large windows. Sorry about the music I know some don't like it just put your own on I am always looking for a better answer to the music problem. Best viewed full screen and as always thanks for watching! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGaLkGqabPo
The video begins with the Robin B. Ingram headed northbound out of Alton Illinois. Next in the video is the Kevin Michael headed south coming off of the Illinois River onto the Mississippi River at Grafton Illinois. While waiting for the meeting near Elsah Illinois I was checked out by a Jersey County Sheriff's Department Deputy and while he was running my license I opened the door put the drone down and took off lol. I didn't want to miss the meetup. He was nice about it as you can hear in the video. The audio with the Robin Ingram, in the beginning, is from that moment. The boat radio traffic is the Kevin Michael talking to the Robin Ingram. Some views of the high water are all from Sunday, March 31st, 2019.
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Sit back and enjoy the ride with the City of Redwood cruising north along the bluffs overlooking the Great River Road just south of Elsah Illinois.
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Some Missouri river for a change and the river is really clean looking for the Missouri AKA Big Muddy as well as low water level. Looks like they are headed out to work on some wing dikes.The Twyla Marge is headed westbound passing hwy 367 and the old railroad bridge still in use today. This boat was not very loud and the audio did not work out. So the music is "Bright Eyed Blues" by Unicorn Heads. Thanks for watching!
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A short video with a launch from on top the bluffs at The Principia Collage. The temperature was 97 F or 36 C heat index was 103 and the drone and I were hot as well as being unfamiliar with the area didn't make for the best video hope to make a better one from that location again. Interesting thing was that when I got down to the boat the altitude on the drone was reading -176 feet. Music is Booker T and the MG's "Time is Tight"
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Held this one for a few weeks not knowing if I would ever post it due to the drone just not wanting to hold its position. It has not done that before or since this video but for whatever reason it just kept drifting. I had a good gps lock so I don't know what was up. Anyway here it is and I can do alot better. Music is new from Leon Bridges "Bad Bad News" from the Good thing album has a great beat. Thanks for watching!
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The Ronald E. Wagenblast passing Two Branch Island @ MP232. I really like this boat design with the sloping aft section and they really have her looking good! Music is John Hartford Skippin in the Mississippi Dew and this was made on the anniversary of his death June 4 2001.
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The video starts out with a duck getting some distance from a larger predator bird which started out with the larger bird right on his ass. I was happy to see the little guy outrun him. Also at the end of the video, you can see some of the minor flooding and the Mississippi River in the distance, as we are not far from the confluence. I am unable to monetize this video due to the music from Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky but I just wanted to celebrate the good weather which has been hard to come by latley!
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Didn't have time to set up or make any intro on this one just enough time to set up the drone and fly. So a boat ballet if you will along the bluffs. Hope you enjoy.
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