There are several islands named for how far they are from Louisville. This one is six mile island.
Right past six mile island I had a mid-river encounter with some nice folks on a beautiful house boat. They asked questions about my trip, so I gave them one of my cards with the website address. Their names are Patty and Chip.
I started running into what are for me, some big waves. Since I'm essentially sitting at the level of the water, with low sides on the kayak, I sometimes take on water where I'm sitting. In this photo you can see part of a shield I created at home, to try to prevent these waves from getting to me. It actually worked pretty well. I ended the day with a dry butt!
The white tower on the left is Louisville's historic water tower. According to my guidebook, it's on the National Register of Historic Places. The building in the foreground is now used for parties and receptions.
This was my view of Louisville as I entered the city.
This is Joe's Crab Shack where Bonnie and I ate when we visited Louisville a couple of years ago.
I got a couple good shots of The Belle of Louisville as it was finishing a tourist cruise.
Louisville is the location of the Falls of the Ohio. In the riverboat days, the boats couldn't pass the falls except in the case of high waters. The rest of the time passengers had to depart from one boat, be transported around the falls and get on another boat to continue their journey. Today all river traffic enters a canal with the McAlpine locks at the end. As I was going down the canal, this huge crane operated by the Army Corp of Engineers passed me.
As I got to the lock, one of the lock workers talked to me for a long time. He had all kinds of questions about my trip. He said I would need to wait about fifteen minutes while five police boats locked through toward me. When the lock doors opened, I took photos of each boat as they passed.
After exiting the lock, I stopped on the Indiana side at New Albany.
Right above New Albany's public boat ramp, is a park with this band shell and seating area. I walked up over their levy and into town to get supplies.
Back on the river I took a photo of a marker buoy. Red ones mark the right side of the shipping channel and green ones mark the left. You can tell there is an active current in the river, but I haven't been able to feel it.
I planned on traveling until later, but I couldn't pass up this campsite.
This is what the site looks like on top.
I saw several of these formations in the rocks.
I mentioned yesterday that I carry everything in the kayak to support a two week trip. This is just part of it.
This is my camp for tonight. It doesn't get much better than this!