The ice floes are moving down the river in soapy currents. This morning, the barge ENERGY 6507 went upstream, pushed by a dedicated tug. Midstream, it passed barge RTC 120 on its way to the sea, a red tug strapped to its side. Errant floes look like ice caps. Binoculars reveal that nothing is riding them. Not even a squirrel.
Reminds me of Alaska. Then too, remember in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" when Eliza escapes by jumping on the ice floes to get away? With her pursuers closing in, she jumps from one block of ice to another across the Ohio River with little Harry in her arms.
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