July 28, 2017

Another day on Lake Michigan and still in Racine,  Wisconsin.

It is as if the Loop Gods are trying to give us more obstacles so we 

will just give up or turn around.  The problem is that we have come to far to quit now and there is no way we are going to turn around

and go back.  The only solution is to have patience and keep waiting for the day the wind calms down or changes direction.

Right now it seems it might be Sunday.  

While waiting I have been doing some investigating the next part of the trip.  I have found that the Illinois River has 10 locks for us to go through.  The Mississippi has 2,  the Tennessee has at least 12,

the Tom Biggsbee another 10.  One our first locks on the Illinois

River is open only on Sunday and at night.  So with everything else 

we now have to make sure we get to that lock on Sunday, or at night.  Unbelievable!

We got Uber to take us to the mall today.  Jim went his way and I

went mine.  We both helped the economy little, but I could have stayed a lot longer.  Thank goodness he got the cable working on the TV so we can watch TV.  What makes this weather so frustrating is that it is prefect temperature for activities that don't involve boating.  Next time we come up here, it will be in a car.