Yesterday, April 27th, a Saturday, in 2013, we went on a river boat down in Louisville, KY. It is about an hour and a half South from us, or so. It was my Mother's birthday, and she wanted something NEW!
Here is our boat, The Spirit of Jefferson (not the best photo, just too cloudy for that) , and here is the Belle of Louisville , which I really loved the look of, and wish I could've explored.
The food was okay, a catering service was provided, but it wasn't good cooking like I hoped. A lot of it was plain, what I tasted, and the roast beef was waaayyy to dry. Ah well, it was food, right!?

The boat ride itself was new and exciting, but I have to say I wasn't so happy to see the polluted water:

and might I mention there WAS someone fishing there, and it has JUST rained.

I wrote a little poem about it as well, of which I decided not to put in my Gallery, because I'm really looking for brighter and less-depressing items for my Featured/recent uploads.



If the roll of the river
Was as quick as the touch
Of the slime it left seeping
Of the rot it left reeking
I'd walk away with a smile
Despite the dreary weather
I'd prance away with a grin
Singing something so obscene

Instead the roll is filled
With plastic bottle and filth
Decaying human waste
Stacked too high to count
There's a buggy in the shallows
Stuck on driftwood -
Who knows what else

If I wanted a dirty river
I'd have stayed in the shower

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Thoughts are appreciated on the writing

I saw many buildings along the river, some crumbling, (posting here because it was so cloudy/dreary/misty outside that it was not easy to get clear photos of these places) and kept thinking to myself how much I'd love to explore these places!
And here's a few other places and things I saw along the river
An old boat house, I believe (I saw a newer one that was nice but I managed to not get that photo.)

A trailer on stilts for when the water rises.

This place shows how high the water was in a flood in 1937.

A small statue of Liberty that has, what looks to me, like a paintbrush!

Mermaids! My brother and his girlfriend spotted!

And a Bloodhound with His Human

Also found a little bit of the Bayou in Louisville, Kentucky

Here is a boat that looked like it had coal on board, among other industrial "needs" I guess. This was the one clear photo I could get of it: and the closer look at the "cargo", .

I hope you enjoyed sharing my experience with me, the old crumbling buildings always amaze me, and even though the river was polluted, like our local Mill Race/Blue River here, it was fun to go on that River Boat. I'm thinking of taking a canoe down the Blue River sometime, I did it once as a child, sure would be fun!

I had wished for a sunny day for an awesome photo like this, but instead, it was misty-raining, ah, well, here is the photo I came up with...


Also, if you want, a short video from inside the boat:
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