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Starved Rock Marina, Ottawa, IL – 9/2/12

Another day of waiting for the front to pass through.  During one of the times it was not raining I walked up to the lounge to see what time it opened thinking that the NASCAR race would be on today and since we only had 5 channels on our boat TV …

Starved Rock Marina, Ottawa, IL – 9/2/12

Another day of waiting for the front to pass through.  During one of the times it was not raining I walked up to the lounge to see what time it opened thinking that the NASCAR race would be on today and since we only had 5 channels on our boat TV …

Starved Rock Marina, Ottawa, IL – 9/1/12

Rain …. Rain …. Go Away!!!We woke up to pouring rain this morning and decided to stay put at least another day until it clears up.  The good side of this is that we got several small jobs around the boat done.  Our A/C unit in the salon h…

Starved Rock Marina, Ottawa, IL – 9/1/12

Rain …. Rain …. Go Away!!!

We woke up to pouring rain this morning and decided to stay put at least another day until it clears up.  The good side of this is that we got several small jobs around the boat done.  Our A/C unit in the salon…

Starved Rock Marina, Ottawa, IL – 8/31/12

We left our FREE dock at Joliet along with Queen Kathleen and Gold Leaf to make the 8:30 bridge opening just a short distance away.  Our goal today is Ottawa, 53 miles away,where they also have a free city dock.Leaving Joliet Shortly after th…

Starved Rock Marina, Ottawa, IL – 8/31/12

We left our FREE dock at Joliet along with Queen Kathleen and Gold Leaf to make the 8:30 bridge opening just a short distance away.  Our goal today is Ottawa, 53 miles away,where they also have a free city dock.

Leaving Joliet

 Shortl…

Joliet, IL – 8/30/12

At 8 a.m. we moved to the free do it yourself pump out dock in a stiff wind and prepared to leave at 8:30 with Queen Kathleen for Joliet, IL.  Since QK has not been on rivers before and was a little worried about bridge clearances on the river, Qu…

Joliet, IL – 8/30/12

At 8 a.m. we moved to the free do it yourself pump out dock in a stiff wind and prepared to leave at 8:30 with Queen Kathleen for Joliet, IL.  Since QK has not been on rivers before and was a little worried about bridge clearances on the river, Q…

DuSable Marina, Chicago, IL – 8/29/12

The tour tickets we purchased yesterday were good for 3 days so off we went again today to see some more of the city.Downtown ChicagoWe walked a few blocks from the marina to Millennium Park to catch the tour bus.Nice Ride We had decided to spend …

DuSable Marina, Chicago, IL – 8/29/12

The tour tickets we purchased yesterday were good for 3 days so off we went again today to see some more of the city.

Downtown Chicago

We walked a few blocks from the marina to Millennium Park to catch the tour bus.

Nice Ride

 We had d…