Day 412
Miles Traveled: 88
Total Miles Traveled: 6528We planned to have another long travel day which meant up before dawn for an early departure. There was some fog which was colored by the sunrise giving it an interesting pink color.
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| pink fog in the morning |
We arrived at La Grange Lock by about 7:00 am and by 7:30 am we were locking through. This was our last lock on the Illinois River. They were releasing a lot of water from the upper pools due to the rain from the previous days. As you can see, there was a lot of turbulence as we exited the chamber.
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| turbulence coming from the dam while leaving La Grange Lock |
We had a very enjoyable cruising day with sunny skies and light winds. Our scenery was the tree-lined banks of the river with egrets, white pelicans, seagulls, and eagles flying overhead.
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| cruising down the Illinois River |
After the long travel day, we were glad to see the town of Grafton, IL showing up in the distance. Grafton Harbor Marina was our final destination. We filed up with fuel in preparation for the trip down the Mississippi (which has very limited places to buy diesel fuel) and headed to our slip. After getting ourselves settled, we went to where other Loopers were gathering for docktails before having dinner.
We discovered "Bama Dream" was at the marina on a different dock and were planning to leave in the morning. We visited with them the rest of the evening.
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