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Riverboat – McAlpine Lock and Dam – Louisville

A view of the Riverboat Mary M. Miller passing through the McAlpine Lock and Dam on the Ohio River, near Louisville, Kentucky. Mary M. Miller was a steamboat captain, and the first woman in the United States to earn her steamboat master’s license in 1884. She along with her husband George Miller ran the steamboat Saline on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Beckley Creek Park Sunrise – Louisville – Kentucky
A sunrise in Beckley Creek Park along a black wood fence, and green pasture with park benches and trees.
Beckley Creek Park, one of five interconnected nature parks (known as the Parklands) that stretch along Floyds Fork, a 62-mile long tributary of the Salt River on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. Including Beckley, the five parks are: Pope Lick, Broad Run, Turkey Run, and the Strand, comprising more than 4,000 acres. After Jefferson Memorial Forest, it is the largest nature park in Louisville.