Day 95 – Thursday, September 16, 2010

090°26.298’ W
38°58.115’ N
Grafton, Illinois (day 3)

The Flints departed and are on their way to Green Turtle Bay to meet with a group of loopers. We gave them a send off and hope to catch up with them soon. They were underway by 7:30am and traveled with another looper going south.

Chris and Bruce departed for home for an appointment Friday. After the appointment they intend to return to the marina later tomorrow night.

Barb and I bowered the loaner truck from the marina and drove to Alton where we purchased a few parts we needed to finish a couple of minor repairs.

I contacted Jacques L’Heureux an old friend from the University of Chicago who lives nearby in St. Louis, Missouri. Tomorrow he and his wife Maryann are going to visit us at the boat then the four of us will have lunch at the Pere Marquette State Park Lodge. I am looking forward to seeing them again as we haven’t seen them in a very long time.

Monday still looks like the day we will leave this port. At present we are busy confirming our fuel stops for our next week of travel. The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers are not fuel friendly to boats that use gas. If necessary we will visit Walmart and purchase every 5 gallon can we can locate to get us to Kentucky!