Bought gas in a Marina in Golanda Illinois. 100 miles or so from our last stop. This is the only place to fuel for 50 miles in either direction. It was super windy, and the channel entrance was very narrow. Deb did a magnificant job of ba6cking down on the gas dock so we could get a rope to the guy helping us. It was even more exciting getting out as the wind was trying to impale us on a row of boats in front of us. We locked down at Smithland and then 2 miles past this lock our time on the Ohio ended as we entered the Cumberland River. This is very narrow and twists and turns for some 32 miles to get to the Barkley Dam. This is a high hydro power dam, which together with the dam on the Tennessee 3 miles away forms the Land Between the Lakes. We hd to hustle to get to Green Turtle Marina where they wanted to check us in to their transient slip by6. We ran the Cumberland at almost 20 miles per hour - never having been much over 10 for the rest of the trip. GReat fun. Along the way we also got flagged down by a guy with a dead engine. We towed him about a mile to a landing then got going again. Up the spectacular Barkley lock almost 60 feet. Two nights here, a chance to clean the boat and do laundry. The next hurdle is a failure of the GPS. We spent the Thursday on the phone with a couple of people and if Fed Ex works out, we will have the part we need tomorrow and be on our way.
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