In spite of our best efforts to be packed and ready, we didn't get on the road until 11:45 am. Fortunately, we had planned 3 days to get to our next stop in Arkansas, so we had plenty of time.
We had looked at the map and decided rather than taking the Interstate, we wanted to take the Ohio River Byway, which runs along the Ohio river all across the bottom of the state. It was still a little drizzly, but the scenery was wonderful.
As we drove, we spotted a ferry, so we turned around to go take it. I was really glad that Jay was driving--the dock just fell off into the water, and it was a little nerve-racking driving onto the fairy!
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| The ramp to the ferry. Eek. |
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| View across the river. |
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| Here comes the ferry! |
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| We made it and lived to tell the tale! |
Augusta was a pretty little town with lots of interesting architecture. We took a drive around to check it out before getting back on the ferry.
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| Rosemary Cloony's Home. We didn't stop for a tour. |
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| Back to the ferry. |
We got back on the road and wanted to find a lock to look at. We first ended up at the old lock house, where we found out that all the old locks had been consolidated in the 1980's. The new ones are more efficient, and under extreme security, so we couldn't see them. We did stop at the facility and drove along to look at the lock from a distance.
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| Kentucky! |
We didn't make it very far, but we had an interesting driving day!
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