Monday, Nov 3 - The Beautiful Ohio River

Monday we continued down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Ohio. Today we traveled 142 miles, the most of any day so far. On the way down we passed this tiny little house boat that started their journey somewhere way up north, and we think (so we hear along the way) they are headed for the Gulf of Mexico.

When we reached the confluence of the Miss and Ohio, the difference was astounding. The Miss is a dark brown all the way from Minnesota, but the minute we turned up the Ohio the water was a beautiful blue. The river is also very wide, very busy, but has little current. We picked a quiet river bank where we tucked in to anchor for the night and it was very calm. Only trouble with anchoring for the night is that there is no place to plug in for electricity, so the heat can only be turned on if we run the generator all night which we do not want to do. Needless to say it is quite cold in the boat by the time morning comes around.

We had a beautiful sunset Monday night - clear red sky with stars and and a quarter moon.