Sept 30 – October 1 On the rivers

These were the days we made passage on the Mississippi (218 miles), the Ohio (60 miles) and the Cumberland Rivers (30 miles) to arrive at Green Turtle Bay on the Kentucky Lakes. The first pic shows the eddies on the Mississippi that are created by weirs placed on the bends of the river to divert the current to the middle of the river. There was tremendous turbulence throughout the entire trip on the Mississippi. For the first night, we were able to go up the Kaskaskia river (Sept 30) to a lock and dock up safely (2nd pic at that lock).


It was getting cold at nights and we noticed the leaves starting to change color (3rd pic). We continued to be fascinated by the constant flow of a working river (next pic), yet there were many stretches of woodlands on the riverbanks as we passed further downstream from the bigger cities. We stayed in Little River Diversion Channel (Oct 1) the night at anchor with 5 other boats who were making way to the Kentucky Lakes.