Made it through our first day on the Rivers! Phew! Amazing experience to take our own boat through downtown Chicago at 8 a.m. Monday and be the only boat!First challenge of the day – the Chicago Harbor LockChicago on our own. Passed downtown Chicago and into more rural area.This is “The Railroad Bridge” of 19.7′ a vessel HAS to clear to complete the Loop or turn around. No other way! The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Rail Road !An Electric Fence to slow the spread of invasive fish species out of Lake Michigan. Operational 24/7. Waited 3 hours for this massive barge complex to leave a lock…Arrived in Joliet, IL where 11 other Looper boats are tied up to the city free wall 1 mile shy of the next busy lock. Time for Lock Tales.
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Great work embarking on the rivers! Amazing to sail through Chicago in the morning solo!
Glad you could make it through the Railroad Bridge. Fun Lock Tales.
Great work embarking on the rivers! Amazing to sail through Chicago in the morning solo!
Glad you could make it through the Railroad Bridge. Fun Lock Tales.
Thanks, Kelsi. We enjoy the adventure. Each day is full of unknowns and special comraderie.