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It is finally our turn to leave the docks!!! Richard is our flotilla leader and he had a meeting with our group the night before we left. We are all ready to go!!! We left bright and early in the morning at 6:30 am. Today we are going to Joliet city wall in Joliet Illinois.…

Today we are going from Joliet to Ottawa. We left at 6:30 am and got to Heritage Harbor Marina in Ottawa IL at 5:30 pm. A really long day!!! Today we had 3 locks which takes a while to get 14 boats thru. We finally made it to Ottawa and got everyone safely docked. We…

Today we go from Ottawa to East Piorria Illinois. Our flotilla group has shrunk a little. Today we only have 11 boats. We left at 6:30AM AGAIN! Today we only had one lock—Starved Rock Lock—to go thru. There was pretty thick fog on the river for the first few miles so we went very slow…