We ended up staying in Seneca for three nights because the Mersailles Lock decided they were not taking PCs (pleasure craft) at all during the weekend. So we enjoyed our time off the water and took care of some work. When we arrived Friday night I forgot to turn off the nav lights, and as a result my start battery was dead when I got ready to go to the fuel dock. When I tried to recharge it the thing…
Our trip from Joliet was not what we had planned. It was supposed to be an easy day with two locks and a nice afternoon at a quiet marina. We decided that we would wait to leave until after I had finished working and the big crowd of boats had headed off. This turned out to be a mistake. By the time we arrived at the Brandon Road Lock they were too busy to take us through. It took about…
Today our plan was to leave early and go through the Chicago lock and then through downtown. This was a great plan. We got an early start. All was good. But as soon as we got into the lake headed to the lock entrance we were engulfed in a thick bank of fog. This is one last gift to us from Lake Michigan. Fortunately we were only going a few hundred feet to the lock and after a few minutes…
The last time we visited Chicago was about 15 years ago. We stayed at a hotel on Michigan Avenue and visited the museums and the Navy Pier. I remember it not being the nicest of places back then, so it was with some mixed feelings that we decided to stay at DuSable Marina in downtown Chicago for three nights. The trip from St. Joseph to Chicago took us across the bottom of Lake Michigan and as should be expected the…