We awoke in the extreme comfort of our good friend Abrar's apartment. Two were on couches, one on a futon, and one shared Abrar's bed with him. We began the day as all days should be begun: by driving over to Pappy's BBQ and having some BBBQ (brunch BBQ). A managerial employee (unfortunately not Pappy) gave us a complimentary half-rack of ribs, so as we "know what to get next time," and they were indeed the best ribs I'd ever had. The rest of the day was spent in Abrar's car, in which he very very kindly drove us all over the city to pick up supplies and food and Bennett's debit card he left at a restaurant.
A side note about driving around in the car: a little spoken of but significant aspect of living on a boat is the "sea legs" that come with it. One gets used to the constant rocking of the boat and soon experiences a variety of motion sickness when back on land. This land sickness, combined with driving around in a hot car, led to me being very carsick and generally befuddled all day, and spending half an hour in Home Depot wandering around having forgotten what I needed.
Finally Abrar dropped us off back at Cat-Sass. We couldn't thank him enough, and still cannot, for how kind and helpful he was. We said our goodbyes and had a stressful few hours in the waning sunlight, until we arrived at Hoppie's Marina. Hoppie's is famous (and also infamous) for being the last place to get gas on the river for about 300 miles. For this reason, everyone traveling Ole Man River stops there, so it is famous. Because they have this geographic monopoly, they are also infamous because it is a bit of a dump and they charge a lot. We soon laid our weary heads to rest, after a delectable Chef Martino dinner.
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