Oct 27 - Southern Indiana

Today we decided to drive along the Ohio River to the west and to see what we could find. The first interesting thing we found was a dirt road that lead down to the Ohio River near the town of Leavenworth. We saw a group of barges being towed by a tug boat.



Next we went to Artist Point and saw another barge moving along the river.




Further down the road we found a bridge we had to cross that was built in 1897. The wood was really creaking and complaining as we crossed.





We went to Buzzard Roost and had lunch and Bob took a hike down to the river. Down there he saw what looks like a beaver or maybe a muskrat - can you guys tell from the picture? It looks like a beaver to me. We couldn't see them but we could sure hear the buzzards calling.









We continued down the road following the Ohio River and stopped in German Ridge in the Hoosier National Forest. It was misting at the time so Bob decided not to hike so we drove on after a short rest.



We decided we would drive on to Tell City and then head back north and return to Corydon. We found the Channelton Lock and Dam on the Ohio River along the way. Not expecting it, it came as quite a surprise. We stopped and watch a tug boat pushing 15 barges (5 rows of 3 barges) into the lock and the water rise before it took off again up the river.





We continued on to Tell City and satisfied with our river exploration we drove back to Corydon to relax the rest of the evening.