Day 20: Olmstead, IL, to Paducah, KY

Preston radios the Lockmaster to see what the shipping situation is. We've been at anchor for the night just below the dam with two blooper boats. A third arrives in the morning as we wait. Some shipping passes through the Lock and we get a call from the Lockmaster... "If you-all get up here now, I'll get you through."

We are raised about 15 feet and emerge onto a broad Ohio River lake as we settle down for the run upriver to Paducah, where we'll dock at the town's Transient Boat Dock for two nights.

Our Nebo software has had another 'fritz', so there's no map record of our run today.Les mer