October 7, 2009

Leavenworth to Rocky Point

Port Departed: Leavenworth
Port Arrived: Rocky Point
Miles traveled 54 in 8.5 hours
Total miles traveled to date: 121

Fuel was low after yesterdays 61 mile run. I managed to find a guy named Bill and was able to persuade him to drive me to a gas station for fuel. Told him that I was on a sailboat on the river and was low on fuel. He was happy to help.

At first I thought the river was starting to get to me. I saw a buck (deer) swimming across the Ohio River. He was going from the Kentucky side to the Indiana side. To make sure that I did not imagine this, I took a picture. It actually came out. I did see a deer swimming across the Ohio River. Deer swim in the Ohio River people don't.

Met a gentleman from Vermont named John Osgood. He was on a custom made 26' catamaran. He trailered the boat from Mansfield, VT and launched in Louisville. We were both surprised to learn that we had the same dream about traveling the river sysstem to the Gulf of Mexico at the same time.