Pisgah Bay Anchorage

36 55.890N

88 09.707W

We are trying to ignore the stock market and all the retirees are beginning to think along the lines of what kind of work they will be looking for when they return home. Enough reality, as we came around the corner from Barclay Lake to Kentucky Lake we looked back and saw the Kentucky Lock and Dam.

Canal Recreation Bay Anchorage

36 59.970N
88 12.916

We went all of two miles just around the point to this anchorage. The sail boat is Markelle who we first met in Joliet waiting out the floods. This is their third loop and probably their last. They are a young couple and have a lot of knowledge of the loop. The fall colors are beginning.

Road trip to Paducah, KY

We were able to get a courtesy car from the marina and drive into Paducah. Paducah is a cute little town with the quilt museum and murals painted on a wall facing the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers. The people with us are Good News, Andy and Mary from Michigan and Foreign Exchange, Bob and Charolet from Honey Harbor, Ontario. We had a great time coming down the Mississippi, Ohio and Cumberland with them.

Green Turtle Bay Marina, Great Rivers, KY

37 00.435N

88 13.552W

Meeting of the Ohio and Tennessee River in Paducah

with the large building in the background. Made it to the Cumberland River and Barclay Lock and Dam where we waited 2 1/2 hours for the lock. Our buddies, because they are faster, made it though the lock ahead of us and arrived at the marina 2 1/2 hours before us! We had to wait for a tow to go through and then we could go.

Blue heron took a ride on the lock door.

We will be staying here at Green Turtle Bay Marina for a few days. Ed has to change the oil in the two engines and do some other maintenance work.

There were many fellow Loopers here and we had a beach party one night, complete with a campfire for roasting hot dogs, and a spirited bocce ball tournament. Lots of fun with good company.

Lock # 52 on the Ohio River

Sunrise by the bridge. We left our anchorage at 6:40 am because the lockmaster said he could take us right away. In addition he told us that we could float instead of tying up--we were grateful since the wall was in disrepair. You can see two other power boats, Foreign Exchange and Good News, floating in front of us as the sun was rising! Looking off to the side, you can see the dam. The dam is sometimes down (wickets) and you can just power over the dam. Right here the towes were backed up since there wasn't enough water in the locks to allow them to go through.

There is a picture of the new Ohlmstead Lock and Dam to replace Lock 53 which had the wickets down and we floated over and Lock 52 that we went through at sunrise. They are hoping that it will be ready by 2013.

Metropolis, IL Anchorage

37 7.987N

88 42.188W

Anchorged on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River across from Metropolis. We anchored near the bridge and it was a beautiful sunset.

Little Diversion Channel, MO Anchorage

37 14.952N

89 31.189W

Seven boats fit in the channel. One of the few anchorages along the Mississippi. Just one of the many barges along the river.