Monday, August 26, 2013

Louisville to Owensboro Ky

Louisville Ky to Owensboro... then trailer to the Riverhouse... drop the boat... then home.


The cranes are working on the foundation for the new bridge over the Ohio at Louisville's downtown



Morning downtown




Headed for the Lock channel 



45 minute wait to lock down...

 minute 

This guy is Kayaking from Louisville to Evansville. He is from Bedford In, he has 5 days and figures he can make 30 miles per day (what we do in an hour).



In and locking down..






Tied off...




Down..and headed out..



See ya later..



Looking upstream at Falls on the Ohio..





New Albany In.








Love this ingenuity.... Like to see this in use... 







New Amsterdam 







The Castle house...



Big Dump truck at Mulzer Crushed Stone..





Real big Rip Rap....



Underground Limestone mine on opposite bank..








We kidded these were deer...actually Cows..









Channelton Lock and Dam
















Stay out of the way...












Evansville's LST 325 making its way upstream!!












Close to home when we see the Rockport In 231 Bridge..



Owensboro's new convention Center...and new riverfront..














Gas up and back on the hard......

We had a great adventure...no rain...great temps...great company...just a dam good time!
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1 comment:

  1. What a great trip. One thing I notice are the pixs - cell phone photos are not up to snuff... buy the Admiral a GPS embedded 30x zoom HD camera with wifi then its easy to move pixs to anything wifi.

    Smooth seas,

    Doug

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