Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Chicago River Sights

Barge loaded with sand on the Chicago River.


Sand and gravel being unloaded.  Sand is a commodity that is moved on the rivers by barge for road building and making asphalt.  Lots of barge traffic hauling gravel. 



Asian Carp Prevention
Electric fence to keep Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan

Electric underwater fence that stretches across the River bottom. It must of been working as we did not see one Asian Carp.


Gammel Dansk parks for the night in front of the pink float house for the night.




Motoring Through Chicago on the Gammel Dansk

We left on July 14, and boy was motoring through Chicago on the Chicago River something!








Even without the a tour guide telling us which buildings were what, we were able to figure out this one.



















America's Great Loop Radio Podcast Interview

We were interviewed for the America's Great Loop radio podcast that aired Friday, August 20.   The program is about 40 minutes. Hope we ...