MARIETTA, OH (FINALLY LEFT) TO MOUNDSVILLE, WV

Sat, June 14th 2014

Day 10
Miles Traveled Today:  70
Total Miles Traveled: 237


  Great to be underway again!  Marietta was enjoyable, but we are looking forward to seeing new water and other new sites.  
  This is part of Marietta's Riverfront.  The famous Lafayette Hotel is on the left.

Goodbye, Marietta

  Was a long day - 70 miles and 2 locks.  Both locks had a lot of drift (or debris).  At Willow Island Lock and Dam the debris field stretched across the entire lock exit.  Seahorse had to be a debris "ice breaker".  The area was so dense it actually stopped the boat at one point.  Angie had to use a boat hook to move it out of the way.  Hannibal Lock was not as bad.  Here is a picture of the drift in the Hannibal lock chamber. 

Debris at Hannibal

  There must have been several bass fishing tournaments, because we saw A LOT of bass boats.  When we left Marietta, there was a "parade" of them that went by - one right after the other.  There must have been 25 or 30 running as fast as they could to get to the "honey hole" first.  Then, as we exited Hannibal Lock, there were about 18 more of them waiting to lock through after us.


  We ended our day by tying up to the Moundsville, WV city dock.  Not much of a dock but will do for the night.