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| 54 SM; 8 hours, one final lock on Illinois river |
Hot, hazy and humid. Internet remains down. Our provider has a system wide outage. Repair TBD. Short post, due to connectivity issues, cell service nearly non existent today. Lots of commercial river traffic today. No wait at La Grange lock, where we descended 8 feet and continued down river. We are going further than desired due to heat index of 105+ so moving creates a breeze. Underway at 0750 and anchored at 1600 just north of a RR bridge and well off of the channel but still on the river. (Map). Swim call in brownish water, but refreshing. Many tow/barges have passed both north and southbound before sunset and we are well clear. Should be a safe night. Kim’s anchor video
No pictures due to bandwidth issues via cel phone. I must say, from Joliet to our present location this has been the most prolific bald eagle habitat we have encountered in nearly 6000 miles. Daily I have seen around 10 adults or juveniles. It is very rural, appears to have plenty tall trees and plentiful fish and carrion. Pretty amazing. Tomorrow we will cruise pass 6000 miles.
5942 Sm journeyed, 2035.0 hours hobbs
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