Days 112-113 Joliet IL - Ottawa IL (Heritage Harbor Marina) Start 6:40 AM End 3"20 PM Underway 5:04 Hours Distance 39 miles Total Miles on Trip 1900 Av Speed 6.8 knots Locks 3 Weather Sunny 85 Degrees We left Joliet, at 6:40 With Happiness Is, Adventure Awaits, Ecclessias, Liberty Call and Joy Sea. Happiness Is and Adventure Awaits, had to be thru the Jefferson St Draw Bridge before 7:15am, or they would have to wait until after rush hour for the br...

Days 111 Chicago IL - Joliet IL Start 6:23 AM End 2:00 PM Underway 5:04 Hours Distance 35 miles Total Miles on Trip 1860 Av Speed 7 knots Locks 2 Weather Sunny 75 Degrees It was good to get underway again after 8 days, and the weather was perfect. Because we are off the lakes, and traveling on rivers the wind does not affect us as much. Now it only matters as we are coming into docks and locks. We pulled off the dock with sunrise at 6:30am, hoping ...

Days 102 -110 Winthrop, IL - Chicago IL Start 9:28 AM End 12:49 PM Underway 3:21 Hours Distance 38.9 miles Total Miles on Trip 1825Av Speed 11.6 knotsWeather Sunny 75 Degrees winds SW 10 Knots Change in plans number 6842, They say the best thing to have on this trip is a plan and the worst thing to have is a schedule. Because we are scheduled to fly out of Chicago on Thursday the 9th, we really have to be there. We had planned on traveling from North Point Mar...

Days 101 Racine WI - Winthrop, IL Start 8:53 AM End 11:05 AM Underway 2:15 Hours Distance 16 miles Total Miles on Trip 1786 Av Speed 7.1 knots Weather Partly Sunny 65 Degrees winds W 9 Knots This trip Lake Michigan was perfect, It is amazing how quickly the lake changes. One day it is unbearable the next day it is flat. It really depends on the direction of the wind. Today's winds were out of the west, and since we are traveling down th...