Green Turtle Bay Resort and Marina in Grand Rivers, KY

Barkley Lock is 57 feet lift

9/23/19
     We traveled 45 miles on  the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers to get to Green Turtle  Bay Resort and Marina.   We had to go through the Barkley Lock and Dam, which has a 57 foot lift.  We just missed a lock through with some other pleasure boats, so unfortunately we had to  wait for a large barge and tow to go through ahead of us.  It took several hours for it to go through, painfully slow.  We just had to wait.  It took us 3 hours to get through this lock and the Green Turtle Bay marina was just around the corner.  It is a popular spot on the loop and we enjoyed catching up with some friends. 

Karl watching the wall

Part of the large barges, carrying sand 

The tow had to push the barges into the lock, then back out of the lock  because there was not enough room for it and the many barges it was pushing (probably about 12 barges)  This was quite a process!  The barges rise, then somehow get pulled out, the water has to recede again in the lock, then open up for us and the tow to get through.  That is why it all takes so long.  the tow has to connect and reconnect, etc.!  We finally got into the marina around 6:00 pm.