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(Thursday Sept 13 – Dist: 42.2 mi; Avg Speed: 11.0 mph;
        Locks: 0; TTT: 3:55 hrs)

Notice how the speed has gone up almost 2 mph.  That is the current of the Mississippi greater than the current …

(Wednesday Sept 12 – Dist: 60.7 mi; Avg Speed: 8.0 mph;
        Locks: 2; LWT: 2 Hrs; TTT: 8:30 hrs)

T’was a fine day for travelling. The first little bit of the Mississippi River has cliffs on one side and th…

(Wednesday Sept 5 – Dist: 87.9 mi; Avg Speed: 9.7 mph;
        Locks: 1; LWT: 0 mins; TTT: 9:15 hrs)

It did not take us long to grab a cooler and head for the pool; refreshing after the long, wet, cold then hot …

(Tuesday Sept 4 – Dist: 79.8 mi; Avg Speed: 9.7 mph;
        Locks: 1; LWT: 0 mins; TTT: 8:25 hrs)

There is Headquarters and Q’s End tied up to the barges for the night.  With the lower water levels we hav…

(Wednesday Aug 29 to Tuesday Sept 4)

The Illinois Valley Yacht Club, what a great club.  The members have welcomed us and encouraged us to participate in all of their Holiday Weekend activities.  One of the highlights has been the Pig R…

(Wednesday Aug 29 – Dist: 74.3 mi; Avg Speed: 9.7 mph;
        Locks: 1; LWT: 40 mins; TTT: 7:50 hrs)

This is our worst encounter with the Asian Carp.  As you can see we just passed two up bound tows and I g…

(Saturday Aug 25 – Dist: 45.3 mi; Avg Speed: 8.0 mph;
      Locks: 3; LWT: 40 mins; TTT: 7:25 hrs)

We are taking a mini vacation here because it is so nice and the people here have been great.  Of course Linda loves t…

(Friday Aug 24 – Dist: 49.3 mi; Avg Speed: 7.7 mph;
        Locks: 2; LWT: 45 mins; TTT: 7:10 hrs)

I have introduced a couple of different statistics for the rivers: the number of locks traversed and the Lock Wait Ti…

(Wed Aug 22 – Dist: 40.4 mi;  Avg Speed: 10 mph;
        Seas: calm; TTT: 4:20 hrs)

The huge flat building behind us is actually a floating casino.  The three storey building was built on a barge evident…

(Sat Aug 18 – Dist: 49.3 mi; Avg Speed: 9.6 mph;
        Seas: calm; TTT: 5:15 hrs)

It was a perfect day for travel on Lake Michigan… except for the fact that we were watching a couple of waterspouts in the dis…