It was a long dam day. My trip back west has begun. For the first few days I will be following the Ohio River from it’s origin at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela in Pittsburgh to it’s end …
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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 15
From Ashland, KY to Lawrenceburg, IN. Never far from raining at any point. I had the top down a couple of times but always had to stop to put it back up within half an hour. I’m getting a little tired …
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 16
Lawrenceburg Indiana to Louisville Kentucky. Started the day late but I only had one dam on the list and the distance to Louisville from Lawrenceburg isn’t much. But first a stop for some buzzard pictures. A deer carcass on the shoulder …
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To answer yesterday’s question about how the water moves into and out of locks. Valves and gravity. Original at the Army Corps of Engineers.
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 18
In Louisville all day today. Picked my Mom up around 9am. We didn’t stop until 4:30. Began the day with a trip to the McAlpine Locks. Right in the middle of the city. Louisville has done a good job of …
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 19
Wow. Day 19. Okay, it wasn’t much of a wow day. From Louisville, KY to Cape Girardeau, MO via a scenic round the barn tour of Hoosier National Forest and Santa Claus, IN. I meant to visit the Cannelton Lock and Dam …
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 20
Much driving. 525 miles. Left Cape Girardeau at 9:30. Hung on to the interstate through St. Louis and a bit north to Winfield. I went looking for the Winfield ferry terminal. I found the terminal — sort of. The ferry wasn’t running today. There …
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 21
Spent much of today vacillating between ‘I want to be home right now — how fast can i get there?’ and ‘the interstate is killing me — how much extra time will it take?’ Somewhere around Sergeant’s Bluff IA I had the motorists’ equivalent of …
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 22
Oh my, it’s a windy damn country. Blowing hard enough that the upwind car door is almost too heavy to open. Yipes. I was planning on two dams today but only made one. Saw a lot of other stuff instead. All …
Read MoreIt’s a Big Dam Country — Day 23
From Minot, ND to Glasgow, MT. Cool, overcast. It didn’t actually rain but it was very threatening. Hwy 2 is often an interesting road in that it varies between two-lane and newly divided four-lane. This occasionally leads to confusing lane …
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