10-10-16 Lock Delays… I smell a theme.

We got up this morning and called the lock only to find out they will be busy until 11am.  Well by then we won’t get far enough to make it worth traveling. We suspect we will be seeing a lot of this kind of delay. So what are we to do?  So we went to the Library to work on the blogs and pictures, which by the way I failed miserably at. We aka Scott did laundry while the rest of us sought out the elusive internet.  We all finished about the same time grabbed a quick lunch and hit the river with the dinghies. Just down from us was Starved Rock State Park which is famous for its rock walls. It was really beautiful.

Earlier in the day we saw a fishing boat buzz close by and saw the Asian carp come flying out of the water, just like on the videos.  Apparently our big slow boats don’t make them jump.   On the dinghy ride Scott was following right behind Steve rather close and all I could think of was them upsetting a school of carp and me getting them in the face.  It certainly would have made a good story but thankfully it didn’t happen.  We saw some beautiful rock wall and enjoyed a wonderful dinghy ride but didn’t make it to the State Park.  The wind and waves made for a rough ride and we had 3 more miles to go so we scrapped it.

I decided to come to a coffee shop to try my hand at getting pictures uploaded so I could post them to you.  But once again I failed. Steve is a bit of a computer wiz and he didn’t know why they won’t load. So I don’t feel so bad.

Most of you know I can be tenacious, so never fear, I will persevere.  Some day you will get to see them.  After all I figured out the comment problem. (It only took me a month)  Hopefully by the end of this trip you will get to see pics.

Love to you all,

Karen and Scott