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Friday morning and we are
ready to leave the Michigan City Port.
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I don't feel to
good.
Chris Finke dealing with sea
sickness as we cross Lake Michigan for Chicago.
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Arriving
at Chicago, Illinois. View of Chicago skyline from the Professor
and Mary Ann
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View of Chicago skyline from the Professor
and Mary Ann starboard side.
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Sailboat group leaving for trip down the
Illinois River at 9:30 which is schedule for traffic purpose.
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Professor and Maryann
following the sailboat group at 12:30.
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But not all is lost, Waiting for the bridge to open
boaters learn about one other and where they are going.
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Waiting for the bridge to open
boats either tie up or circle until the bridge operator arrives.
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We also put the waiting time
to clearing and polishing the Professor and Mary Ann.
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When your batteries go dead so
are you. Here we waited for someone help us start our engines.
The "Funess" stop and jumped our battery. Later that same day
we HELP them out after they had gone aground.
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We aren't always able to dock
in a marina. This is the barge we tied unto when we visited
Beardstown Illinois.
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In port we motor around town
with our electric cycles.
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I refer the cycle to a wheel
chair....
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Chris looks a lot better
behind the helm then hanging over the stern.
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This is what it looks like
from the bridge of the Professor and Mary Ann as she is told to
pass between two barges one going up river and the other going
down stream.
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An evening on the Professor
and Mary Ann.
Now let me think.
How can I beat Grandpa.
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Look carefully and you will
see a flock of Cranes along the bank of the Illinois River.
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