Finally Moving!

9/9/11 Friday     Today was a relaxed day with only laundry and topping off the fluid in the batteries on our slate.

9/10/11 Saturday     Finally the wind died down and so did the wave height. With the break in the weather we were up and out early before it changed back. There was still a small swell on the lake but nothing severe. It was a nice ride down to Chicago. We took a spin in to view the city from the water.

The Windy City

Chicago Harbor Light House

Navy Pier

Soldier Field

Water Intake for Chicago

After our photo shoot we continued on to Hammond, Indiana Marina for our overnight and fuel.

Hammond Marina

9/11/11 Sunday     Up early and underway. It's just a short distance to the entrance to the Cal-Sag Waterway. Of course today the lake is flat calm! We picked up a hitchhiker just out of the marina.

Don't Poop!

At 7:20am Tourist entered the river system for the first time in 2 years.

Heading into the Cal-Sag.

Chicago Skyway

Lake Freighter on the Canal. (He backed in from the lake!)

Sign at our first lock just in case you didn't know the pecking order.

Nowhere to go!

Notice of fish barrier in place to keep Asian Carp from entering Lake Michigan.

We locked thru at Lockport with the Lemont Trader.

By the end of the day we had passed through 4 locks and travelled 76 miles to our anchorage behind Sugar Island.