Getting Closer!

We had a great anchorage Thursday night but with the current up, the waves lapped against the boat and on occasion woke us up. On Friday, we started our way to Louisville with a much weaker current and yet another beautiful start to the day.

We came across a good number of large barges.

We only had one lock to go through (McAlpine) but locked through without a significant delay.

Caeser's Casino in Indiana

After locking through McAlpine, you are in the Louisville and Portland Canal that takes you back into the main river shortly after the railroad bridge you see in the photo below. We got into Louisville around 5 pm - nice and early.

The City Dock (below Tumbleweeds) was recommended by our friends Kyle, Ed, Linda and Mike. What a great dock! Water and electric available and no charge to stay there.

The guy in the photo below is docking his  boat all by himself. No crew onboard. Now that is confidence!

Alan says it is always more fun to watch the people on the dock - talk about "pier pressure"!

This little guy was fishing with his Dad on the other side of us. He caught three catfish in less than an hour! His Dad said that we was a born fisherman and always caught more fish than him.

So cute sitting there with his cane pole. Do you remember having one when you were little?

Below is a photo of the sun going down on Louisville. Alan grilled pork chops and we had the best table in the house.

Louisville at Night

Saturday we are heading to Turtle Creek Marina where we will recoup and clean up the boat. As you can imagine, after 1,000 miles it is pretty dirty! We hope to be at our marina (Lighthouse Point) in Aurora sometime after noon on Sunday. If you are local and would like to see our new boat stop by and see us on A Dock!