From the monthly archives:

May 2009

It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 18

31 May 2009

In Louisville all day today. Picked my Mom up around 9am. We didn’t stop until 4:30. Began the day with a trip to the McAlpine Locks. Right in the mid­dle of the city. Louisville has done a good job of mak­ing use of the water­front. It’s a large, pleas­ant, pedes­trian and bicy­cle friendly space. It’s not […]

Tagged as: louisville zoo, mcalpine lock and dam

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It’s A Big Dam Country — Extra #1

30 May 2009

To answer yesterday’s ques­tion about how the water moves into and out of locks. Valves and grav­ity. Orig­i­nal at the Army Corps of Engineers.

Tagged as: locks

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 16

30 May 2009

Lawrence­burg Indi­ana to Louisville Ken­tucky. Started the day late but I only had one dam on the list and the dis­tance to Louisville from Lawrence­burg isn’t much. But first a stop for some buz­zard pic­tures. A deer car­cass on the shoul­der had 5 or 6 birds already work­ing on it. A fur­ther 10 or so sat […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 15

28 May 2009

From Ash­land, KY to Lawrence­burg, IN. Never far from rain­ing at any point. I had the top down a cou­ple of times but always had to stop to put it back up within half an hour. I’m get­ting a lit­tle tired of the misty, atmos­pheric stuff. Started with the Greenup Lock and Dam. Greenup is a little […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 14

27 May 2009

It was a long dam day. My trip back west has begun. For the first few days I will be fol­low­ing the Ohio River from it’s ori­gin at the con­flu­ence of the Allegheny and the Monon­ga­hela in Pitts­burgh to it’s end at the Mis­sis­sippi near Cairo Illi­nois. All told it is 981 miles long. I’ll be […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 10

24 May 2009

A day late — because the inter­net con­nec­tion isn’t con­sis­tent. Finally home. Old home that is. I rode the inter­state from Colum­bus to Pitts­burgh. The first unbro­ken inter­state stretch of this trip. Ugh. I just wanted to be here (Pitts­burgh) rather than there (Colum­bus) as fast as pos­si­ble. No road pic­tures today. Instead a few shots […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 9

22 May 2009

I’m get­ting a lit­tle ner­vous about mak­ing my date in Pitts­burgh. Today I did 350 miles. The first 200 miles took 6 hours. The last 150 miles about 2. So here are the high­lights of the first 200 miles. I started on the west side of Decatur and headed through town on Hwy 36. At the center […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 8

21 May 2009

Mostly dri­ving today. A few inter­est­ing detours. Some planned some not. I left Panora around 9. Made my way to West Des Moines via some lovely park­ways to nowhere. Found a Barnes and Noble with a Star­bucks and got an iced latte. Offi­cially sum­mer now. Tried to plan a rea­son­able route for gen­eral east­er­li­ness and failed. […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 7

20 May 2009

I think I should decide whether it’s a big dam or a dam big coun­try… Today was a rest day (on the sev­enth day and all that) I spent some time explor­ing Panora. There’s a neat lit­tle his­toric vil­lage. The orig­i­nal rail­road depot was moved down here when the rail­road left in the 60s. Here’s a glance […]

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It’s a Dam Big Country — Day 6

20 May 2009

I’m tak­ing a day off from dri­ving. I arrived in Panora, IA yes­ter­day after­noon much in need of rest. I’ve done laun­dry, washed my car, sorted some pic­tures, played with my mother-in-law’s dog, and eaten way too much. It’s all good. Here’s were I was and what I did Tues­day the 19th (Day 6). I started the […]

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