October 12 (Columbus Day)

Port Departed: Golconda
Port Arrived: Green Turtle Bay
Miles traveled: 53 miles
Total miles traveled to date: 367

It was 49 degrees at 8AM when I headed back on the Ohio River. Warmer than the night before. Made the turn off the Ohio River to the Cumberland River about 11AM. Speed dropped from 9.1 to 3.8 as I was now heading upstream and bucking a 1 knot current. The Cumberland River was very nice. Not as wide as the Ohio and much narrower. There were rural pristine sections interrupted by industrial sections. On this river they mined the minerals on one side of the river. Loaded the barges and then stored the barges ready to be moved on the opposite side of the river.

Got to Green Turtle Bay at 7:00PM. Tied up at a vacant dock. Then went for a hike around the marina. This is by far the largest marina I had seen so far. There were sail boats and power boats from all over the world. The strangest thing was that there were no people. The gas dock was closed. The restaurant was closed. Everything was closed. There were not people. All these beautiful boats and not one was being used. Guess these were not status symbols than useful tools.