This morning, I walked to the laundry because everything we own was dirty. Then the ironing was completed and the clothes are now all put away and everything we own is clean. Isn't that wonderful? We were afraid we'd be wearing our birthday suits and that would be very bad.
We met a man doing the loop from Iowa in a canoe. The lockmaster is allowing him to put up his tent tonight on the hill on the other side of the lock. He paddled into the lock, the doors closed, and then they opened and he came back out on this side and hung out beside the wall near the lock until a barge and tow was locked through. Then he went back in and locked through. The rumor on the dock was that the barge was transporting a space shuttle. However, John asked them as they passed and they told him they were transporting transformers. It looked too tall to fit under the bridge right in front of the lock, and too big to fit in the lock. However, the pilot house was able to shrink down to allow the tow to fit under the bridge, and the barge and tow just fit in the lock. I was surprised they could close the gates. They did it though.
We met a couple from Cincinnati named Jim and Kathy. Jim worked for P&G before retiring. They live in Evendale (see picture). We haven't met a lot of people from Cincinnati, so we really enjoyed talking with them.
We are staying put because it's supposed to be a stormy weekend.
Folks from home.
The towboat with the pilot house up.
The towboat with the pilot house down.
The barge in the lock.
The canoe man waiting fot the lock.
1 comment:
OMG. Looping in a canoe? Now I am really inspired to paddle my new kayak to Holiday Hills marina. Great to talk with you yesterday. Thanks for thinking of me.
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