((The wickets were down, so we didn’t have to go through the lock.
His instructions were to go slow near the cranes and work boats, as “those guys are handling dynamite.” So, I asked if I could continue upstream, or if I should hang back. So, I radio’d the Olmsted Lockmaster and asked him WHO was the authority (Coast Guard, Army Corps, etc.) for me to ask for permission to proceed. This lock was the down river limit of the 2.5 mile no traffic blasting zone.
Just 15 minutes before the river closure. Here you can see the brand new Olmsted Lock. So we sped up to see if we could make it. We had to get to and through the blasting zone before they closed the river! which meant all traffic on the Ohio River would be stopped for an undetermined number of hours.
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Plus there was a BLASTING ZONE coming up at 10:00a.m. We were up with the sun to make Paducah KY early, as I had some work to do in the afternoon. This particular morning, time was our more valuable resource. Instead of a healthy 2.5K current to help us, we now had just as much current now against us! This adds time and fuel to the equation. These pics show our exit from the Mississippi River to the Ohio River at Cairo Point. We pushed off at sun-up the next morning. This shows our Boston Bar arrival near power cat, Nine Lives. Everyone at this busy little breakfast and lunch spot called Dockers looked happy with what what was brought out to them!įloating Ballards and jumping Carp – Barkley Lock – Kentucky We let Shelly sleep in, and brought her something back.
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Mac and Deb of Janthena signed out one of the marina’s courtesy vans, and we all went shopping and had dinner last night.
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This resort marina sports multiple restaurants on-site, two swimming pools, one indoors… part of a full service spa (which Shelly and I plan to try out tomorrow!)
Rick and Christi (below) of Inked Mermaid were among the many Loopers who rekindled friendships with us and others at this docktails session. Just three weeks ago, Larissa Parker of Knot Fantasea started her new loop! (Names to be filled in soon!) Reportedly, their first passage of their Loop (0.05 nm) from the travel lift to their slip here went smoothly without incident! “Any boating day where you don’t need to call for a tow is a good boating day!” They are looking forward to the great anchorages of the LBL, the “ Land Between the Lakes” just south of here.Īnother (different boat) just launched early Monday. We heard from (2) loopers who were just about to start!įor example Green Eyes (Orin and Sherry Riddell’s) was delivered by truck to this marina on Sunday, and is promised to be in the water Friday so that they can begin their Platinum Loop. We went round robin and heard from loopers who were just days away from crossing their wake!!! Great docktails session last evening, thanks to Diane Parrish for organizing it! Everyone finally learned where Radian Journey got her name! (Ray-Diane Journey!) Stay tuned to this developing blog post about Green Turtle Bay and the village of Great Rivers KY.
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