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| Starved Rock Dam |
A steaming hot day but we covered a lot of distance. We left Heritage Harbor at 7:30 in the
morning and fortunately the overcast sky kept the heat down until about
noon. The Illinois River is wide and
shallow and on a Sunday it’s got a ton of recreational traffic. We enjoyed seeing speedboats, boogie boards,
giant tubes, water skiers and a lots and lots of fishermen. Families were camped along the river bank and
fishing from shore.
Since we were northeast of Peoria, but southwest of the fish
electrification zone, we also saw quite a few Asian carp leaping behind the
smaller boats. Only a few were out in
the center of the river where we were, but at least 4 made the jump that seemed
like they were aiming to board our dinghy.
Being an aluminum dinghy set up vertically against our stern, it made a
great sudden thump that caught us by surprise the first time – but got to be
funny after a few more. One of the
boats traveling near us had to scoop a big carp back into the river. Their boat has a lower stern than ours.
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| Supper with other Loopers |
Arriving at the Illinois Valley Yacht Club around 5 pm, we
were greeted by 4 other couples that we have already met – some at the Chicago
Pizza Party (thanks Wally and Ellen) or while waiting for a lock to open. So we joined them at a bar across the street
to watch the end of the disappointing Packer Game and had some supper. Any of you that were worried about me not
getting enough social life can relax now. What does this make: Five nights on the water, and five nights of
socializing? These folks were from New
York, San Diego, Tampa, and Alabama.
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| Professional Taggers |
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| These guys are on their way to Nashville |
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