Crowley’s Yatch Yard, Calumet, Illinois to Joliet, Illinois
We’re now a sailboat without sails on our way down the Illinois River.
See post for Day 8, Thursday 10/20.
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- Our start heading south on the Illinois River
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- Our first bridge to go under without having to have it opened
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- Scrap metal barge
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- Coal being loaded onto a barge
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- One of many tow boats that we will see
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- Here we come, will we make it?
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- Sure, no problem
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- Fine architectural brick work
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- Scrap worth something to someone somewhere
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- Our first floating bollard
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- Our first lock
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- Descending while the gates hold the water back
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- Lock gates opening for us
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- We’re on our way
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- Hydro dam in the background
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- Train on railroad bridge overhead
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- Retired barges make great retaining walls – you should try it
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- Joliet – here we come
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- Fall fell
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- Joliet’s waterfront in the evening
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- The bridge opens for a barge
All photos (c) Julie McKay Covert 2011, unless otherwise noted.
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