Kicking Around - Part 3

Had a leisurely breakfast this morning and prepared the boat for cruising about 35- 40 miles up river to Old Coney/Riverbend for the Pops concert and fireworks.  At an average of 9-10 miles per hour the trip will take a bit over 4 hours.  Stopped at Lawrenceburg to stretch our legs and have lunch at the Riverwalk Restaurant.  Nice place and a good menu.

Lawrenceburg, IN

Anchored across from Riverbend, kayaked and generally just hung out in the water to cool off from a 90 degree day.  Returned to the boat club around 11:30 PM to find out that the ramp from the stage had broken (failed weld), so moved the boat to another dock in order to off load in the AM.

Boats waiting for the Pops concert and fireworks across from Riverbend

Kicking Around - Part 2

Woke up this morning to a bunch of mayflies (aka, ugly bugs) on the decks and thick fog.  Washed down the decks with river water from a bucket suspended from a line, and had a nice breakfast as the sun burned the fog off.  Did a little kayaking and swimming throughout the day, chilled and decided to spend another night.  Oh, also finished removing the glue from the transom of the faded name of the boat that I put on about 7 years ago and applied the new letters.

Yours truly returning to the boat

Looking NW, up river, just before going down below

Kicking Around

Over the 4th of July weekend, Barb and I decided to take the boat 37 miles down river to Laughery Island which on the narrow side of the river is a safe place to anchor out, as the commercial river traffic passes on the other side of the island.  Laughery Island, also called Laughery's Island, and is named after Archibald Lochry,  the leader of an ill-fated group of Pennsylvania militiamen who were attacked near the island by Native Americans in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War, a battle known as Lochry's Defeat.

The rest of this trip will be detemined by what moves us!

Heading south from Cincinnati

Aurora Indiana

On the hook, enjoying a beautiful sunset with a glass of wine and fruit with whipped cream