Ohio River and Cumberland River (sidetrip)

Well, we turned out of the channel (frog channel) onto the Mississippi River and went very fast to where the Mississippi River and the Ohio River meet.  So we were traveling at 12 knots of speed downriver on the Miss and turned up river to the Ohio and started to crawl at top speed of 5 to 6 knots.

This is a picture of the anchorage off the Miss.  This is where the encounter with the frog was.














The Ohio River has a lot of commercial traffic, we were fairly lucky the day we were on it though as there was not too much, but enough to keep us on our toes.

There is no facilities on the Ohio river like marinas or docks for any of the pleasure boaters like us.  We anchored right on the river and enjoyed this beautiful sunset.

This is a huge mining (lead) operation on the Cumberland River.

Check out the full size dump truck backed up to the barge (and held by extreme blocks) and dumping the load into the barge!  My grandsons would all love to watch this operation.

This is the Cumberland River which was certainly worth the side trip.  We did not turn onto the Tennesse River but went just a little further up the Ohio and into the Cumberland.