Adam's Landing
Day 11: We slipped past Holiday Point Marina on the return trip home and stayed along the river at Adam's Landing in Huntington, WV. We enjoyed a sit on the bench on the bow of the boat at sunset after dinner at the restaurant connected to the marina. The slip ended up being free, so that was nice t...
Marietta Boat Club
In the morning on the way to Marietta, we stopped at the McDonald's courtesy dock just down river from the Raccine Lock. A fun surprise along the route! Later in the day, we experienced our first storm on the boat right after we locked through the Belleville Lock around 1pm. After cruising though th...
Lock Wall #1 Pittsburgh
We left early in the morning, around 8:30 to get gas before heading to Pittsburgh. We arrived in Pittsburgh around 10:30. Another nice guy met us at our slip and guided us in. It was a small marina right on the Allegheny River near the Strip District. We spent two days exploring the area and enjoyin...
Taylir Cay Marina
We had a relaxing morning at the Wheeling Yacht Club. We used their kitchen to make biscuits and gravy and a pot of coffee. Butch joined us in the kitchen for breakfast. Then we headed to Pike Island Lock and then up the Beaver River to Taylir Cay. We were parked right along the boardwalk in the mid...
Gallipolis Boat Club
After Karen got up early to workout on the dock at 5am, Tony joined her in cleaning the boat. Then they showered, had breakfast on the boat and departed around 8:30am. The river was calm on this sunny humid day. There wasn't much debris in the water. We had lunch on the boat while underway. We had n...
Holiday Point Marina
Day 1: We woke up to a clear calm sunny day (74 degrees) on the Ohio River at Ripley, Ohio on the dock of our home marina. There was no noticeable debris in the water as we got started at 7:30. Then at 7:53am, the captain declared, ""There's more debris in the water than you think." The captain trie...
Straight Creek Marina
Straight Creek Marina in Ripley, Ohio is our home marina. We've had lots of fun there before heading out on our first shakedown cruise to Pittsburgh. Here's just some of the fun that we've had!.