Continental Divide

Everything that goes up must come down. All the locks we have traversed so far have taken us higher from the first two or three foot rise in The Nederland to back to back to back 82 foot locks last night. Now we have passed the Continental Divide and starting the process in reverse. I inquired why the lengths and widths and distances are all in meters but the heights of all the locks are in feet. I got a lot of blank stares. My guess is ego. 82 feet sounds a lot bigger than 25 meters.

We also passed over a water bridge. As luck would have it from the town or roadway below, the view is spectacular. Not so much from the ship.

Money. Because the Rhine River passes through so many countries, it is an international waterway and no fees are charged directly for use of the locks. The Main River is wholly located within Germany so there is about a $1,000 charge at the first lock as you enter and subsequent locks are free.

Here is where I insert a photo of a 55' version we passed through at dusk yesterday.