Green Turtle Bay, Kentucky

So here we are relaxing at Green Turtle Bay. Last night we went up and had a nice dinner at the yacht club. Ray wasn't so sure he wanted to go, but he was glad he did! They had live music, and he just loved it. They were all very nice, and we had a great meal. The last several days we have passed more tow boats and barges than you can imagine. We had no idea so much stuff was moved by barge. We have seen one huge towboat pushing as many as 20 barges at one time. When we come upon one in the river going the opposite way, Bud has to call them and ask which side they would like him to pass them on. The drivers all have a southern drawl, and can at times be hard for us to understand. They also have their own language! Passing port to port they call "one whistle", and passing starboard to starboard they call "two whistles". The same when we are behind one and want to pass them, Bud calls and asks which side and when they tell him to pass on two whistles, he knows to go around them on their starboard side. What's really funny is that they all call him Cap'n, (in their southern dralw) and it cracks me up every time! We also asked about where all these tow boats get their names. We were told they are named after girl friends, sisters, wives etc. There are more female names then male, and it looks like the male names are somewhat "famous" people. For example, we passed one called the Ralph E. Flagg. Haven't seen anything like the John F. Kennedy, but we assume these names must mean something. That's the trivia for today, miss you all! Fran, Bud and Ray