M/V ILLUSIONS
TX TO WV TO TX CRUISE
Moors Resort Marina fuel dock
Covered sheds at Moors Resort Marina
The dredge occupied the entire channel; see black can just left of the
dredge
The tow and barges blocked the small chamber to the left, Smithland Dam
The smaller chamber, 600 by 110 feet, was on the land side of the dam
Golconda Marina, RDB Ohio River, in IL
The Ohio River above Smithland Dam
Cave-In-Rock, RDB Ohio River
David with new beard for this part of the cruise
Evansville, IN, on the RDB of the Ohio River
Mark and Suzi at the restaurant in Newburgh, IN
The AMERICAN QUEEN paddle-wheeler
Driftwood pulled from the Ohio River
Restaurant in Newburgh, IN
Interesting construction along the Ohio River
Tell City, IN had ties to Switzerland. Remember the Swiss legend of
the father shooting the apple off his son's head with an arrow?
Floodwall around Cannelton, IN
Rock quarry and mines, LDB, Ohio River
Brandenburg Marina, KY
Brandenburg Marina was just what we needed for the night
Sunset over our shoulders approaching Brandenburg Marina
Approaching Louisville, KY
Downtown Louisville, KY
Louisville is known for steamboat races
The SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON paddlewheeler on the Ohio River
Bobby and Cindy at the Ohio Falls Visitors Center
The baseball bat was made of steel and was 68 feet tall
Large casino operation downstream of Cincinnati, OH
Mike Finn's restaurant was in the steamboat, Covington, KY
Approaching Cincinnati, Ohio
Riverfront Stadium and the lights of downtown Cincinnati at twilight
We saw several relics of old locks, including lock walls and buildings
like these
Floodwall around Parkersburg, WV
Marietta Harbor, OH
It was common to see coal-fired power plants along the Ohio River
Islands in the Ohio River
Very pretty Ohio River Valley
 
 
Boats from the Marietta Boat Club
Wheeling, WV, home of a famous suspension bridge like the Brooklyn Bridge
Skipper's Haven, Toronto, OH
Looks like a sunken boat outside the old lock building
An old water intake and an even older lock wall, LDB
Leaving Emsworth Lock and Dam just before a thunderstorm
The water fountain marks The Point, the beginning of the Ohio River
The new Heinz Stadium was under construction near the old Three Rivers
Stadium site
Paddlewheeler between the bridges on the Allegheny River
M/V ILLUSIONS at Aspinwall Marina on the Allegheny River
View from our boat, at Aspinwall Marina, of the LDB of the Allegheny River
Looking down at The Point from Mount Washington
Sue, Megan, and Mark McClymonds
Downtown Pittsburgh from the Allegheny River
The Point, viewed from the Allegheny River, with Mount Washington beyond
The Duquesne Incline
The upper end of the Monongahela River
Entering the Tygart River from the Monongahela River
Interstate 79 bridge at the upper end of navigation of the Tygart River
The place to turn around and go back down the river
Downstream on the upper Monongahela River
Morgantown, West Virginia
High lock and dam on the Monongahela River
Typical scenery along the Monongahela River
Drift, in the form of a tree, in the lock with us
Engle's Holiday Harbor on Ten Mile Creek
Old steamboat where Mr. Bill Engle lived
Old Lock and Dam No. 7, building and long wall remaining, LDB
Coal, coal, coal everywhere!
Mon Valley Boat Club
Happy to be cruising on the Monongahela River!
Pittsburgh, PA from the Monongahela River
Heinz Stadium (under construction), with The Point in the foreground
Fountain at The Point, Pittsburgh, PA
Lighthouse Landing Marina, New Kensington, PA
In the upper Allegheny River
Near the end of navigation on the Allegheny River
Schenley Yacht Club, Schenley, PA
M/V TARA BELLE, Leesburg, FL, on the Allegheny River
Fox Chapel Yacht Club, RDB Allegheny River
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