In this blog, we finally escape from Lake Michigan and enter the river system with our flotilla to go through the locks. We navigate 300 miles down the Illinois River, reach the Mighty Mississippi, and reward ourselves with a visit to Fast Eddie’s in Alton, Illinois. This is a near-real-time update as we are in Alton as of this posting!
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We finish our trip down Lake Michigan, stopping in Sheboygan, Port Washington, and Milwaukee. Then make a mad dash to reach Chicago! Now, we are waiting for our turn to go through the locks. The weather on Lake Michigan has been switching into its Fall crappy mode, with some days having up to 10-foot waves!
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In this edition, we start our trip down Lake Michigan. We visit a few towns on the Michigan side of the Lake, then cross to Wisconsin. We visit Sturgeon Bay, Green Bay, and Kewaunee, WI. Our days in port are determined more by the weather on the Lake rather than things to do, so I am able to catch up on the blog! This edition brings us to September, 30th.
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