MARIETTA, OH TO POMEROY, OH

Monday, June 30th to Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

Day 26-27
Miles Traveled on Monday and Tuesday: 63 and 15
Total Miles Traveled: 607



  As we traveled down the river, we passed the fifth largest island on the Ohio River - Blennerhassett Island. This island has quite a bit of history.  Is was the home to Harman Blennerhasett and his wife Margaret.  In 1806, Harman became entangled in a mysterious military enterprise with Aaron Burr.  As a result, President Thomas Jefferson accused both men of plotting treason in attempting to establish an empire in the Southwest.  The island is now a historical state park and is only accessible by water.  The Island Belle takes visitors to and from the island.  

The Island Belle on Blennerhasset Island

To see more about the history of the Blennerhassets and Blennerhasset Island click on this link: http://www.blennerhassettislandstatepark.com/history.html

  We ended our travels Monday anchored at Letart Island, WV.  Dan says that the name sounds "Frenchy".  The problem is he doesn't speak French.  
  This was a nice and quiet anchorage with wild life entertainment.  We don't know why this raccoon didn't invite us to share his great fish find.  It was fun to watch this little (or not so little) critter.  Although, keep in mind, we had no TV, cell coverage, or internet service this evening.  So watching grass grow may have been entertaining.

Raccoon feasting on fish

  Tuesday was a short cruising day to Pomeroy, OH.  Pomeroy is a very narrow town built along a hillside.  The Meigs County Courthouse here at Pomeroy is mentioned in "Ripley's Believe It or Not".  This building can be entered from the ground level on three separate floors because it was built into the hillside.  There are some nice shops along Front street, which has the town on one side and river on the other.  Not only were these shops nice, they also were air conditioned, which was a blessing since the heat index was 100 degrees. 

Meigs County Courthouse

  We tied off to a dock at the Wild Horse Cafe.  http://www.thewildhorsecafe.com/
The food was so good that we ate there for both lunch and dinner.  The favorite was the pralines and cream ice cream at lunch.  FIVE SCOOPS !  We had no choice but to walk it off in the afternoon heat. 

Wild Horse Cafe - Dan tried to take a ride