Monday, September 10. WooHoo! Tears and rejoicing! When we turned off the Ohio River onto the Cumberland, one mile from where we anchored last night, the Cowhigs officially crossed their wake on Happy Destiny. We began the Loop with these fun and crazy friends, so it was only fitting that we see them finish! Being early risers, September Morn and Christine waited for us down the Cumberland, so a celebratory bottle of wine could be exchanged mid-river via a fish net. When a Coast Guard boat passed a short time later, we all held our breaths in case we had done something illegal. Whew! We weren’t busted; they passed right on by.
Parts of the Cumberland River look a lot like the Tennessee, our home water. We saw herons and egrets (also a few more white pelicans). We also passed a huge gravel processing pit on another part of the Cumberland – quite a contrast to the calm, quiet picturesque scene that describes most of the river.
The Cowhigs led a "Victory Parade" up the Cumberland, through the large, relatively new and impressive Barkley Lock and Dam, then on to Green Turtle Bay Marina in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. The Loop Completion Celebration continued with cocktails aboard Christine, and later we all went to dinner at the famous Patti's restaurant. Congratulations, Paul and Jane! We are right behind you.
# posted by Second Wind @ 11:31 PM
