Quiet anchorage 

Enjoying the quiet anchorage

Saturday

9/3/2016

Today we left our anchorage at about 7:45am.  It was a gorgeous morning.  Slight breeze, sun and no clouds.  Mike looked at our next course, while Joell drove.  Not much barge (tow) traffic.  Must be due to Labor Day weekend.  About 9:30am we arrived at Lock and Dam 52.  The dam master told us the wait would be 2 hours.  We were told to anchor out until he called us through.  Mike tied a few line ends, to pass the time, while the admiral wrote a few lines for the blog.  We were still running with our boat buddies John and Joanna.  

After about 2 hours, we called the lock master again.  He stated there were about 7 tows waiting and he would try to get us through after about 2 or 3.  Understand that it takes about 1 hour/lift.  One or two tows may go in at a time, depending how long they are.  

At 3pm, we were called into the lock.  :)  At 4pm, we were sitting tight inside the lock with the door stuck.  Hydraulic issue, we were told.  We had Locktails, then a lock supper on the grill.  How many can say they have done that?  At about 7:40pm, the door opened and we were out.  It was very dark, so we anchored a mile outside the lock.  It was actually a very calm night.  

Olmsted lock will be replacing lock 52 & 53.  It is currently still under construction

Olmsted will be a beautiful lock

Quiet morning ride

Calm Ohio River

Elwood making sure the fishing boats stay their distance

Lock 52 was built in 1928

Old Lock 52

Lock 52

Joanna in lock 52

Mike and Joell in Lock 52

Starting to get dark in Lock 52