Back on the River

Friday afternoon we drove from Charlevoix back To Ottawa IL and reboarded the boat at Heritage Harbor Marina. Most of the loopers that were at Heritage Harbor last weekend had left there that same day. We anxiously left the marina Saturday morning hoping to reunite with some of our new found friends somewhere down the river.. After waiting 4 hours to lock through at the Starved Rock Lock we were able to travel the rest of the day till nearly sunset. We found a anchorage in an abandoned rock quarry near Henry,IL and enjoyed a quiet evening.

Sunday morning we motored down to Peoria and we were able to get a dock at EastPort Marina just across the river from downtown Peoria. We were fortunate to get a dock here, there are none available downriver from here. The marina is located at mile marker 164 and the river is still closed at mile marker 101 per today's Coast Guard bulletin . It looks like we'll go down as far as we can tomorrow and anchor somewhere until they open up the next section of the river.