Marseilles Lock

We arrived just in time to see the Harvest Run pulling into the lock with 4 barges. Fun for me, Dot slept in the truck (glorified staionwagon). It looked like it wasn't all going to fit. The lock is wide enough for the tug to detach from the barges and pull alongside, then reattach. When the lock was full (20 minutes), the tug started moving the barges, detached, waited for the barges to move ahead, pulled in behind reattached, and they were on their way. A thing of beauty. I had to shoot these pic from behind the fence cause of the terrorists. I thought the man in charge was going to let me in, but it's just not allowed. Damn you osama bin laden. Death to alkeda. I know it's spelled wrong, tough!