Day 15 - Home - Four Seasons Marina

Stats – Today- 109 miles, 1 lock, 6 hours – Total 946 miles 26 locks.

Sat up on the hill last night and had drinks with a few of the locals.  Had a brief rain shower, and a nice rainbow afterwards.  Nope - did not get a picture, so you just need to believe me.  We cast off lines around 9:00.  It was a sunny day, but windy.  Made good time getting to the Manchester Islands.  Glad we decided not to stay here since the beach was under water and the current was still very strong.

Can't remember if I posted a picture of the old Showboat Majestic or not, but here it is anyway.

Ran into some very heavy debris a few miles before Maysville.  Had to slow down to just above idle to avoid hitting some of the bigger stuff while cruising. 

We ended up going slow for about 10 miles or so.  We had to make a decision to stop in Ripley or continue on home.  We called a fried (thanks Adam), who gave us an update on the river conditions.  It actually sounded better than what we were dealing with above the lock.  We decided to go.  Called the last lock of the trip, hoping for a quick lock through, but it was not meant to be.  Ended up waiting about an hour for a barge to come out, then locked through with Lock's tug boat.  The river here was better than earlier, so we were able to get up an run again.  It was nice to be back in very familiar waters.  Made short work of the last 25 miles and pulled into the marina around 2:30.  Heck I was even happy to see the Nauti Dog boat again.  (Just kidding Laura).

 Nope, still have not shaved, but think I will very soon.

The cat does seem to be more comfortable with the boat.

I think she is actually upset that she has to go home.  She does look a little pissed in the picture to me.

Thanks Dave and Leanne Brill for driving down to pick us up and take us home to grab our car.  Drove back down to pack up the boat and headed over to Tony's apartment to pick up Port.  Had to get some wings at O'bryons while over there.  Good to be back home.
All in all, we had a great trip.  946 miles and 26 locks.  River could have been better, locks could have been easier, weather could have been nicer.  It can't always be sunny and 85.   Taking about a 2 month break to get a host of things done on the boat before we head out for Florida.  Stay tuned!

Thanks for reading and all the texts, comments and calls.