Joliet, IL to Ottawa, IL – 48 miles Tues. Sept. 20.

Traveled by beautiful farm lands, campgrounds riverside, trees on riverbanks and 3 Locks!

Beautiful morning along Joliet city wall…
9 Loopers set out for our first lock of the day Brandon Road Lock..
We were instructed to raft 4 or so across….
Then we traveled along the beautiful Illinois River.
Our flotilla….
More gorgeous scenery.
We did have barges to contend with…
Elevated rail lifts….
Cornfields along the way.
More barges…

Our last lock of 3 locks…for the long day…right door got stuck closed and the lead tug boat could not exit…we carefully exited using our best boating skills to exit to our marina 1 mile away…What a day! Loving the adventure!

5 Replies to “Joliet, IL to Ottawa, IL – 48 miles Tues. Sept. 20.”

    1. Yes! It helps us get through the locks since we are last priority as it should be, to working barges, but when there are 9 of us pleasure craft, as we are known, they want us out of the way!

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