088°37.755’ W
44°17.979’ N
Seneca, Illinois (Spring Brook Marina)
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| Leaving Hammond |
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| View of City |
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| Entering the Calumet River |
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| Leaving Lockport lock |
Everyone was up early and both boats were underway by 7 am. The lake was calm as we entered the river. Nine hours later we arrived at Spring Brook marina in Seneca, Illinois. Our trip down the river was pleasant and uneventful which in the past wasn’t that way. We plan to stay here for a few weeks and have the boat detailed and checked out prior to starting the next phase of this adventure. During the next few weeks we will complete a long list of maintenance items.
After getting the boat secured, we had dinner at the marina restaurant then crashed for the night. The next morning August 18th, Becky delivered Bruce’s car to the marina and we grabbed our tooth brushes and headed for home. We arrived home before noon and started the task of trading in our sea legs in for those of a land lubber. Tomorrow we will return to the boat and remove the food from the refrigerator and pack up our personal items to take home.
The next few months will take us south to the Gulf of Mexico and if the oil problem is resolved we will cruise to the Florida Keys then up the east coast and re-enter the Hudson River close to New York City.
As of this posting of the blog we will be idle and will resume shortly after Labor Day when we get under way again. For now we will take this time to visit with family and get some much needed work completed on the boat.
