Grand Rivers, KY - the Cumberland River

The first thing we saw as we left the dock this morning was a paddle-wheel river cruise ship.  


We started in the Ohio River which took us to the Cumberland River.  The Ohio was quite wide:


However, the Cumberland was much more narrow:

We saw a wrecked barge

We also saw a large facility where they were loading what looked like gravel onto a barge.  Watch the yellow haul truck tip it’s bed to pour gravel into the barge below. Loading a barge

We had floating bollards in the lock again today. These have become my favorite way for locks. The bollard moves with the boat. All I have to do is hold one line on the mid-cleat and keep the boat with its fenders next to the lock wall.  It was a 57 ft. rise up to go from the Cumberland River to Lake Barclay.


This is the external view of the lock




Comments

  1. BrickSeptember 17, 2021 at 5:16 PM

    You have to be a lock expert by now. Sounds intimidating to read your stories. I suppose my little sailboat would be hard to tack in a lock. The wind would be too cut up. ⛵️

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    1. Taurus Great LoopSeptember 20, 2021 at 7:48 PM

      Lol! Some of these locks are so large, it would take you half a day to get from one end to the other. 😃

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