Thursday, June 30th – Kimmswick, Missouri (Hoppie’s)
We are up, ready to untie. Planning to head on down the Mississippi with the boats from the Alton Marina…Plans were to leave about 5:30 a.m. for the long run to Green Turtle Bay Marina in Grand Rivers, Kentucky.
…It was 3:30 before we actually left the Alton Marina on […]
Tuesday, June 29th – Havana, Illinois
We moved the MemoryMaker to the fuel dock about 6:30 a.m. The Tall Timbers Marina is normally only open on weekends, but the owner agreed to let us buy fuel if we did it before he went to work at another job. While we were fueling, we found out another […]
Monday, June 27th – Seneca Illinois
Things went much smoother today on the Illinois River than on Sunday. Woke a little later this morning, since we didn’t get into bed until near midnight. Spring Brook Marina, where we stayed, is the largest Carver dealer in the world. Carver boats are usually larger, high end boats. We […]
Sunday, June 26th – Chicago
What a great time we have had in Chicago…we really enjoyed the town. Arrived on Wednesday morning and wish we could still stay longer…but it’s time to move on. On Friday and Saturday, we had a chance to do some shopping at Marshall Fields and in some of the other stores […]
Friday, June 24th – Chicago
What a different place Chicago is from the other towns we’ve been visiting. For the last several weeks, we’ve been in vacationer towns…actually places that exist because of tourists. That was true of most of the areas we visited along the coast, in Canada, and also in Michigan. Chicago is alive […]
Left Grand Haven about noon. Cruised in fog most of the way…but the waves weren’t too bad. We probably had 1-3 footers. Pulled into South Haven about 3:00. Planning to head across the lake to Chicago in the morning. We have reservations at Diversity Harbor. Will stay there a couple of days and do some […]
Monday, June 20th – Grand Haven
Been enjoying visiting with family. Planning to stay around another day or two. Our grandmother, who is 102 years olds, will be visiting us on the boat today.
We had a visit from Gainer (Rinker manufacturer), who drove up on Saturday from Indiana to visit. He has been keeping in […]
Thursday, June 16th – Frankfort, Michigan
Still here…NOAA is giving “small craft warnings” with 15-20 MPH winds out of the north and waves of 3-5 feet again today. Late yesterday a sailboat with 4 soaked guys came into the harbor. One of guys told us they came from Leland and were in 12 footers on their […]
Tuesday, June 14th – Mackinaw City, Michigan
Took a break on Monday…did not do any traveling. Spent some time exploring Mackinaw City…washed the boat…did laundry… uploaded pictures…watched the laser light show again…reviewed charts…and prepared for our trip down Lake Michigan. Weather looks good this a.m. We’re planning for an early departure. Heading down Lake Michigan toward […]
Monday, June 13th – Mackinaw City, Michigan
Pulled out of De Tour Village about 11 a.m. on Sunday. Fog was still there, sun was shinning through…so, we felt ok about heading out in it. We had about 40 miles to travel across open water. Dave had charted our course and it took us right into Mackinaw […]