Since my boat was in the shipyard, they had to put me on another one to get my days in. I knew when I left home that I was going on the Ohio River, just didn't know which boat.. I ended up on this one...
I was taken to just below Cincinatti to get on, spent 26 days on it and got off about 30 miles above Cincinatti. We made 2 trips up to Pittsburg, arriving both times just in time for those winter storms. Now, living in the deep south, we can not buy clothes for that kind of weather but I didn't have to go out in it so I didn't! I use to work on the Ohio river when I first hired in with the company and always wanted to do another trip up there, just not in the winter!
The boats regular cook is off due to having surgery and these guys were really excited to have me there without even knowing what kind of cook I was. I worried all the way to the boat about the type of crew I would have and afraid they wouldn't like my southern style of cooking. Ha! They LOVED my cooking, the pilot even told me he has been out there 30 years and never has seen a cook, cook as good as I do... and I thought up until then, that the man didn't even like me because he hardly spoke to me.
All in all, it was a great trip, not my choice of where I'd rather be but I am glad I had the experience and I did enjoy it. The Ohio is so different from the Lower Mississippi that I took tons of pictures and thought I would share a few with you. On to the pictures...
A crew member getting off at a lock.. I had to climb a lock wall to get on and off that boat. The ladder is between those black and white strips on the wall.
Going into a lock
more coming
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