WE MADE IT...St Charles, Mo to Green Turtle Bay, Ky...312 miles, 5 locks (but had to go through one twice, so let's say 6), 1 marina, 3 anchorings,3 rivers, one lake, and one Big Blue Bertha of gas...What an adventure!!!! Floyd and I have both commented that we couldn't remember a time when we worried about so much, worked so hard, sweated so much or had so much darn fun. We had forgotten that when you commune with nature, it starts so dang early. Those birds start singing and the sun pops up...hard to stay in bed. We are not ready to do it again tomorrow, mind you. But we do want to come this way again. The hills we saw today were so beautiful all dressed in green. We think they'll be magnificent in their fall colors. The Cumberland River today was smooth and uncomplicated. We saw a few fisherman, one small tow barge, and lots of vultures. We arrived right on schedule. Floyd is a master at locating points on the charts and predicting exactly how long it will take to get there. The gas dock loves us...and we were thrilled to have arrived with 88.5 gallons of gas in the tank. We even ran the generator 10 hours yesterday. We didn't need that gas drum after all. Better safe than sorry I guess. We are looking good now...gone are the boat bums that have been on board these last three HOT days...and we're off to have a meal that some one else is cooking...Celebration time. Yes, we have more photos...we'll try to get to that tomorrow.