It is Sunday, the 12th of July. We have traveled 199 miles to find the next Marina. We have finished the last 109 miles of the Mississippi River and I'm glad to be out of the Mississippi. I saws the knot meter reach 12 knots, due to the amount of current in the river. We also entered and left the Ohio river which was much easier to navigate, even though we were going upstream. We only averaged 6 knots on the Ohio. We were on the Ohio for 58 miles. We spent last night in the Ohio and today traveled 32 miles on the Cumberland River, which was beautiful as well. Tonight we are in Grand Rivers, Kentucky and are at Green Turtle Bay. Tomorrow we will enter the Tennessee River and travel approximately 190 miles on it before entering the Ten/Tom Waterway to finish this leg of the journey. We may be in Demopolis next Saturday or Sunday. I plan to leave the "Pelican" in Demopolis until the first of the year and begin this beautiful journey again. Tonight we ate dinner @ Patti's and had a great meal. I had a 2" thick pork chop and a delicious desert. Don't need to eat again for a long time. The picture below is of the hills along the Cumberland River. This is a scenic river that is very clean and pretty.

This is another picture of the Cumberland River.

This is the Ohio River and as you can tell there are a lot of hills in this part of the country. Quite beautiful boating area.

This is a rock formation in the water called the Tower Rock and it is located in Witbenburg, Mo. which is on the Ohio River. It was a strange structure to be sitting off the bank, in the river.

This is another picture of the Ohio River.

Well, I'm sort of like a little puppy. My tummy is full and I'm ready to lay down and go to sleep. I'll update another time or two before finishing this leg of the journey.

Later,

Carl