DAY 8-TODAY WE TRAVELED 145 MILES; NOT YESTERDAY

Okay, who put me in charge of blogging??? I'm a galley slave. What the heck do I know about blogging? I'm getting mileage goofed up now. Heck, I don't even know what day of the week it is. So my correction is Day 7 we only went 95 miles. This morning we woke early to the sound of rain. We left at first light. Steady rain all morning. The current is running about 3mph. Passed very turbulent waters at MM 131 and MM 84. There are large submerged wing dams on sharp curves which are built to prevent erosion. This causes severe turbulence and whirlpools. Increasing our speed a bit gave us more control. We radioed ahead to make certain there was not any tow traffic that would be coming through the area at the same time. Dreary and rainy. Makes it difficult to see. At MM 84 there were 2 ft waves caused by the swirling water over the submerged wing dams. Looked very odd and was creepy. It was 40’ deep in these areas. A couple of times we got caught in whirlpools making the boat act pretty squirrely. It was a long day. We went 145.5 miles. We are anchored just above the Highway 52 bridge seven miles above the Ohio River. Fern told us it was a good place to anchor. There are two sailboats anchored back in here too. It was a safe, perfect place to anchor and spend the night. Thank you Fern. We figured where ever we spent the night, we would be each pulling a 2 hour watch through the night to make sure we anchor held and there wasn’t any barge traffic near. It turned out to be quite the opposite. We were able to tune in the satellite tv so Teri could watch the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy! She was a happy camper.