7/27/17 Thursday - Day 12

We awoke to the fresh river air.....NOT......the winds were blowing the stench of the paper plant located across the river from our dock for the night into our space.....pew!

We called the lockmasters at Cannelton to inquire when we would be able to lock down.  We were informed that it would be 4 hours or so.  We spent the morning doing some misc small boat maintenance and fueling up.  We shoved off at about 11am when the lock called us and said they were ready for us.   It was a short cruise day for us of only 38 miles to Owensboro KY.   Not much to exciting except nice scenery on this leg.   After arriving at Owensboro Marina (aka 'Red Neck Yacht Club) we got the bikes off the boat and rode into downtown (third largest city in Kentucky).  We saw a gorgeous city park and the Bluegrass Museum (didn't visit it but it was a large building).  We stopped at the grocery on the way back for a few supplies, got back and cooked and ate.   Visited with some of the club members a couple of which were decorating their boats for a boat parade that was to happen tomorrow .   Watched a movie on the firestick.....'47 Meters Down'.   It had a terrible ending.....no recommendation to watch this movie from us.  Bedtime

Uneventful cruise today but with some nice scenery

Getting close to Owensboro we saw this Marinette along the bank.  Gave a toot of the horn to see if anyone peeked their head out but no one was around

The Marina DID live up to their name 😋

Witnessed yet another nice sunset as this cruiser behind us was decorating their boat with lights for a boat parade tomorrow

The downtown waterfront park was very nice.  Tons of grasses and nice landscaping.  It also had a very nice playground and water park area for kids.   We took a brief break from our bikes ride and sat on one of these large swings