Halloween, 2009

Another river entering the canal.

Carol in the lock.

At first, yesterday it seemed like a bad decision to stay overnight at Grand Harbor. The day started out warm, no rain, little wind, and cloudy. However, by afternoon the wind picked up and by late afternoon we had some pretty heavy rain and high wind. We were glad to be in a covered slip.

Today is another gray, cloudy, cool day. We are traveling with a group of loopers who were at the Rendezvous at Joe Wheeler State Park. The first lock we came to today was Jamie Whitten Lock, an 84' drop. There were 11 pleasure boats in the lock. The lockmaster was holding the gates open for all of us. There were two boats already in the chamber who had passed the rest of us up earlier.

In a mere 6 miles, we all arrived at the second lock of the day. This lock is called Sonny Montgomery Lock, All 11 of us were again in the chamber together.

In a mere 6 miles, we all arrived at the third lock of the day. This lock is called John Rankin Lock. All 11 of us were again in the lock together.

We went to Midway Marina along with eight of the other boats. We spent 9 hours traveling today. The sun came out and warmed things up and by night time, there was a full moon. How appropriate for Halloween. We met a lot of interesting people and attended a Halloween Party at the marina. It was nice to run with a group of boats.

We spoke to our boat buddies in Aurora, Indiana, and to some of the family who were at a party at Mom's. We miss you all. See you at Christmas.