Just as we were thanking our lucky stars…things got really interesting…and barge and tow parked on the other side…a tow coming through…and two of us waiting in a little hidey hole…but we were almost through the 12 miles…so how much worse …
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yes, twelve miles of a narrow working industrial
yes, twelve miles of a narrow working industrial channel…doesn’t give us big pleasure boats much wiggle room…or notice…we had thought that by traveling on Sunday it wouldn’t be busy…or at least as busy as during the work week…we…
It looked like such a lovely water fall until you realized
It looked like such a lovely water fall until you realized that its purpose was to dilute the sewage and chemicals coming from two directions into one channel …and noticed all those caution signs…it was a sign we were entering what they call “12…
Our laughter for the day was provided by two things: (1)
Our laughter for the day was provided by two things: (1) Caution signs all along the Chicago River that warned to NOT swim or allow the water to come in contact with humans and (2) The No Parking signs for barges…always with several barges parked in …
Our plan was that transiting downtown Chicago and the narrow
Our plan was that transiting downtown Chicago and the narrow industrial area on Sunday we would avoid much of the busier weekday barge traffic…and that seemed to work pretty well. We passed only a couple of barges headed the up and then just the o…
Probably the most interesting bridge we dealt with all
Probably the most interesting bridge we dealt with all day…and it gave us the most difficulty…ConRail lift Bridge…10 foot clearance…no way under it. Yet when we hailed them on the radio, we got NO response…all three times. Finally we resort…
Nice scenery…interesting little pagoda…they didn't seem
Nice scenery…interesting little pagoda…they didn’t seem too interested in us….even though we spent almost a half hour
in a holding position there…waiting for the railroad bridge…another story…
All those buildings…and I do manage to spot a place to stop
All those buildings…and I do manage to spot a place to stop and do a little shopping…there even seems to be dockage…but no…he drives right by two of my favorite places…DSW and Marshall’s…it is grounds for mutiny…
New crew member Becky earned her title and a raise…we put
New crew member Becky earned her title and a raise…we put her to work on the stern at the locks…and even encountered a short moment of terror…just to break her in!!! Three pleasure boats, two tow boats, and four barges in the lock…add wind an…
We did over 70 bridges in the 54 miles that we
We did over 70 bridges in the 54 miles that we traveled…most were in downtown Chicago…and many were close enough to touch…Captain was having some fun!!!! You could see that grin from the bow
