Yesterday we did not have a signal to post our blog so here are both days.
We departed Golconda at 6:45 after filling up with 196 gallons of fuel @ $4.89 (ouch).
Hole in the Cave
Nice Ride
A very nice ride up the Ohio River for 111 m…
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Inland Marina, Evansville, IN – 9/10/12
Yesterday we did not have a signal to post our blog so here are both days.We departed Golconda at 6:45 after filling up with 196 gallons of fuel @ $4.89 (ouch).Hole in the CaveNice Ride A very nice ride up the Ohio River for 111 miles. American Qu…
Golconda Marina, Golconda, IL – 9/9/12
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| Sunrise on the Mississippi |
We pulled our anchors (bow and stern) at 6:15 and followed
Bobbi Two out of the towhead on the Mississippi and turned the corner onto the
Ohio River for our 80 mile trip today up the river.
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| New Lock on the Ohio |
The very noticeable change in current hit us on the
nose. Now we are going 2,000 rpms and
getting only 9 mph. This area is very
busy with tows and we had to thread our way through. We are to meet up with Blue Heron around 8
a.m. at the new Olmsted Lock that is being built where they anchored last
night.
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| Blue Heron |
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| Bobbi Two |
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| Lock 52 Raft Up |
Lock 52 is just a mile or so from the new site and we were through
inside half an hour. This was a very old
and rustic lock with less than 100 feet of flat wall so we had to raft all 3
boats together.
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| Inside Lock 52 |
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| Raft |
Craig had already called lock 53 which is known to be slow
to see when we could lock through and was told that if we could make the 20
plus miles by noon and it was now 10 a.m. we would go through. So we all took off but our boat being full
displacement was much slower than the other two plus we were starting to show
signs of needing to change fuel filters.
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| Leaving 52 |
A tow had pulled up to the doors so we had a very small hole to get through.
The other two boats made it to the lock by noon and we got
there about 12:15 but the tow coming out was still inside the lock and we
didn’t get through until 1:30. At least
20 tows were waiting to lock through on each side of the river. A little known fact about federal locks … if
pleasure craft are at a lock they will be locked through after 3 commercial
lockages.
The other two boats left me and headed for Green Turtle Bay
on the Cumberland and we proceeded north on the Ohio toward our
destination.
on the Cumberland and we proceeded north on the Ohio toward our
destination.
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| Cumberland River Exit |
When we got to the Cumberland River intersection, we
officially crossed our wake and had to perform the ceremony of releasing our
two passengers into the water plus change our worn looper flag to the gold one which
signifies that we have completed the circumnavigation of the east coast.
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| Goodbye Don |
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| Goodbye Darrin |
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| Hang the Gold |
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| Still with Elliott |
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| Ricki and Elliott |
We still had one lock and about 30 miles to go to Golconda
Marina and arrived after they closed at 6:05 and assumed our assigned spot on A
Dock. We will pay them and get fuel
tomorrow morning when they open at 6 a.m.
Marina and arrived after they closed at 6:05 and assumed our assigned spot on A
Dock. We will pay them and get fuel
tomorrow morning when they open at 6 a.m.
Tomorrow our destination is about 112 miles upriver but we
do have a plan B if we get held up at the one lock we need to go through.
do have a plan B if we get held up at the one lock we need to go through.
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Golconda Marina, Golconda, IL – 9/9/12
Sunrise on the Mississippi We pulled our anchors (bow and stern) at 6:15 and followed Bobbi Two out of the towhead on the Mississippi and turned the corner onto the Ohio River for our 80 mile trip today up the river.New Lock on the Ohio The v…
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