Today we left the Mississippi River and entered the Ohio River. The Big Muddy was a challenge but it had its moments:
Mississippi Paddleboat
Passing a barge on two whistles
Twists and Turns
A pretty anchorage in the morning.
Bald Eagles
Brave canoeists among the barges.
Tonight we are at our 3rd night of anchoring out. It is at the junction of the Ohio River and the Cumberland River. Tomorrow we have one huge 57' lock to get through and only about 30 miles to the marina. Today we came upon a lock and got through it in a record 45 minutes. The two pleasure craft in front of us had been waiting over 3 hours! Guess we got lucky.
The Mississippi seems to be thriving with commercial traffic and lucky for us the federally operated locks were still open the past 3 days. We talked to one lockmaster today and he said he was there without pay and didn't really have to show up but most of the lockmasters are on the job. Wish I could say that about Congress.
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