Friday Aug. 30 

31 miles     Ohio river KY mm#923.5 to Green Turtle Marina, KY

Last night sitting on the back of the boat just before sunset we noticed several deer on the bank. Joe, you might want to come down here to do some hunting. These deer have some pretty big antlers.

 

 

 Sunset over the Ohio River.

Friday morning we got moving at 0630. We pulled out of our anchorage and into the Cumberland River. This river is very narrow and a lot more scenic. We did have a couple of tows because this is the only way to go because the Kentucky lock is closed down till sometime in Sept.

 

 

 No eagles today just cows.

We only had 1 lock to go thru today and the closer we got to it the more tows we saw. We were getting a little nervous about how long we would have to wait here. Luck was with us today and a very nice lock master. We only had to wait for 1 tow (which still took an hour), but then they let us in. This lock is the highest (57 feet) we have had to lock thru so far. It didn’t take them very long to get us up. 20 min. later we were in Lake Barkley, KY.

 

 

 

From there we only had 2 miles to our next stop. We arrived at Green Turtle Bay Marina at 1245. This marina which has 450 slips is more of a resort. They offer condo and boat rentals. There is a wellness center, conference center, tennis courts, and 2 pools.