The Big Day – Crossing our wake!

We dragged our feet a bit in the morning and had coffee with Bubba and Anne before we headed out north on the Ohio River.  We had to admit that this river is the most beautiful of the ones we had been on.  We traveled 12 miles and reached mile marker 923 which is where the Cumberland River begins.  This was our starting point for The Great Loop!   We crossed our wake!  

Our loop was 7425 miles,  888 hours cruising, using 6544 gallons of fuel and lasting from Nov 2015 to Sept 2019.  Along the way, we met some of the best people in America.  Words cannot express the place they occupy in our hearts. Janis and Chris feel blessed to have the health and resources to travel this truly great Nation. God bless America and the Loopers who travel her. 

We went through Smithland Lock by ourselves with no other pleasure boats. We did not see any other pleasure boats all day. It was kind of lonely.

But we did see a few other interesting places. We passed the store that was where the movie “US Marshals” starring Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes was filmed. The airplane that was wrecked has been removed. We also saw the rements of an old lock. They still use the building for offices.

We reached Golconda Marina in the early afternoon.  We needed to replace the connection on our electrical cord. We filled up on fuel and pumped out. The marina staff told us of an annual Shrimp Festival that they held in downtown Golconda.  We decided to stay an extra day so we could attend.