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11/10/2015 12:33 am
Today it was quite a show up on the Licking River.Observed up at Fredericks Landing, mile 3.3 was the restored towboat ELIZABETH LEA, Capt. Aaron Richardson with his family as crew, the sternwheel rafter CLYDE, Capt. Don Sanders with son Jesse and Philip Johnson as crew and the 100 yr.+ steam launch MISS BLUE with owner Tom Schiffer, AKA Cap'n Walnut in command.
The little river was in its best behavior as it welcomed this distingushed group.
11/10/2015 5:16 am
You can all follow the Clyde. and the Elizabeth Lea on Marinetraffic. Click on "Latest Position".
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14/10/2015 3:01 pm
Licking River Ramble
It was great seeing you, Captain Judd, at Three Mile Creek on the Licking. We had a grand time enjoying the beautiful autumn weather while the boats performed flawlessly. Next year we may try the Kentucky River.
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16/10/2015 12:32 am
Kentucky River sounds just great. Too bad can't get above Lock #5 because that's where the real scenery starts. The Kentucky is in my opinion the most beautiful and scenic river in the Western Rivers system. It also can be one of the nasty ones. I ought to know as I'm one of the few left who has run boats all the way to Beattyville.
16/10/2015 10:44 am
And we're still waiting on you to write that article about it for the REFLECTOR...
16/10/2015 12:38 pm
Bill, did you tell me once that you took a shallow-draft tow up the Great Miami? How far did you go up? Did you use the Sewickley?
16/10/2015 12:55 pm
Right on!..................I'll second that opinion.
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16/10/2015 2:02 pm
Morning Steve: Yes I did take a tow up the Great Miami, in pool water to boot. You can read all about it in a book called Beatty's Navy, page 227-228. I bet you have a copy close by. Your wife had to not spend too much print space so the story ia a little on the shy side. That trip was a story in itself, in fact anytime John Beatty was involved it was a great story. How far we went in miles I really don't know it seemed like a hundred but I would guess only five or six maybe.
16/10/2015 3:25 pm
Ok, thanks! I knew I had heard (or read) about your Great Miami trip somewhere. Sounds like an opportunity to expand on that story in a book or Reflector article, written by you!
16/10/2015 6:15 pm
Bill Judd;35022 wrote: Kentucky River sounds just great. Too bad can't get above Lock #5 because that's where the real scenery starts. The Kentucky is in my opinion the most beautiful and scenic river in the Western Rivers system. It also can be one of the nasty ones. I ought to know as I'm one of the few left who has run boats all the way to Beattyville.
I know that I have asked this before, at least to anyone stuck in a car with me as we speed over any bridge over the Kentucky River. Who was the last engineer on a steamboat, licensed to carry passengers for hire, to answer a bell on the Kentucky River, and which boat was he standing watch on?
16/10/2015 7:44 pm
I'm guessing it was an engineer on the Belle of Louisville in '64, when the Belle made a trip up to lock #1 for fun, turned and headed back down river (Kentucky River locks not being big enough for the Belle).
21/10/2015 2:43 pm
Steve Huffman;35029 wrote: I'm guessing it was an engineer on the Belle of Louisville in '64, when the Belle made a trip up to lock #1 for fun, turned and headed back down river (Kentucky River locks not being big enough for the Belle).
Yes, it was the BELLE OF LOUISVILLE during the 1980's.