Thursday October 8, 2009

Called Starved Rock Lock on the cell phone this morning and requested a lock through before we left the dock. We're the only craft in the area so we were able to start down at 7:00AM. Took more than a half and hour to fill the lock and another 25 minutes to go through. We're finally in the river and making our way south after the lock at 8:15AM. Rained all day as well as expected tomorrow. An overnight riverboat cruise headed north to Starved Rock Park eyeballed us and waved.

Docked in downtown Peoria around 3:15PM along with jumping Asian carp. We've the fifth boat staying here today. Because the city closes its municipal dock after labor day, we're all allowed to stay overnight without cost. The Waterside area has a number of restaurants and Joe's Crab will be our pick. Long Island boiled dinner. The best. Um-um good. As a treat, the crew stood still long enough to be memorialized for this blog.