Early start.....hahaha they say no schedules for a reason! Called Cannelton locks about 7:30am hoping to get an early start and make 120 miles today. Lockmaster said they are doing maintenance and running behind.....about a 6 hour wait, UGH!
After a suggestion on Facebook to go across the the Big 4 bridge and check out Jeffersonville, IN we hopped on our bikes to explore. The bridge itself has quite a history, but in addition to the lights at night, there was classical music playing through a section of it. Great views of the river and cities also.
Jeffersonville has a very nice downtown area, the highlight was Schimpffs candy store. 4 generations of history and we spoke to the owner, Warren Schimpff, as he prepared a hard tack candy making demonstration. Warren said thier best seller was the cinnamon hard candy so we had to try it. It is amazing! I wanted some of the turtles they were also hand making in the display, but were on bikes and it was pretty hot. Chocolate would not carry well!
Next we went to the Howard Steamboat Museum. It is the Howard family mansion, which is amazing in itself, with many of the family's steamboat making history. Another favorite stop for me!
Back to the boat to call the lock and and see where we stand. So I call the lock, and he says "where are you again?"and I tell him Louisville, he tells me I am a long way from him.....I called the wrong lock!😩 All the waiting was likely unnecessary, after we called McAlpine we were able to lock through almost immediately. Oh well, the mistake allowed for a great side trip!
There was not much at all in this next section of river, not even many docks to get Toby off to walk. With the late start I didn't think we would make the next marina(112 miles) but we did. Unfortunately, the electric didn't work and it was too late and too shallow to try to move. We had wings at the restaraunt across the street that were really good then turned on some fans and went to bed!
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