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| Chicago Lock control center |
We left DuSable Harbor this morning in a very brisk wind.
Fortunately we only had to go as far as the river entrance. We went through the lock and into the heart
of the city. What an exciting point of
view – all the people the traffic, the grand buildings and lots and lots of
bridges. The early part of the trip is
beautiful, and then the river changes to an industrial landscape, and finally
the Chicago shipping and sanitary canal.
The scenery heading southwest out of Chicagoland isn’t bad, but
sometimes it smelled a little suspicious.
We passed under every describable variety of bridge – from a
low of 10 feet (The Amtrak bridge that of course had to be raised) to highway
bridges about 50 feet above the water.
We had taken down our radar arch to pass under the fixed bridges. We can get down to 16 feet tall, and several
fixed bridges were just 17 feet above the water. That’s a little weird when the trucks are
rolling over you 12 inches overhead.
About 60 bridges today, the small lock at the entrance and a
great deep lock and dam at Lockport, Ill..
Dennis did all the hard piloting, and Carol was the longshorepersonat the
locks.
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| Lake Shore Drive Bridge |
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| Trump Tower |
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| Everyone is going to work, us too! |
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| Amtrak Bridge |
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| Constructed in 1900 |
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| Very Industrial |
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| #1 Mate, Everything is under control |
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| 38 foot lift, Lockport Lock |
Lauren drove down to have supper with us at Joliet and we
really enjoyed it. We are soon getting
out of range for these “family drop-in events”
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