Log extract 09/11

09/11:  A sad day of remembrance indeed.  Thoughts turn to the Maudes, Kip Taylor, the many other ODCSPER friends who lost their lives or their loved ones.  Though a sad day, it was another beautiful one; bright, sunny, brisk southwesterly breez at 20 kts, gusts to 30.  (This where river travel is particularly cool; we wouldn’t dream of venturing forth on Big Blue in 30 knot winds.  We got away at 0950, arrived at only lock for this day at 1045, into the lock at1130 and back on our way at 1130 (1:15 hours for a lock is pretty good.  Arrived at the Illinois Valley Yacht Club at 1610, a run of 66 miles and 6.3 hours). Lazy day of river cruising! Met a couple more Loopers—one from Charleston, SC and one from Hamburg, Germany! He is cruising solo---sailed from Germany to Ecuador;up the east coast  to Halifax, Nova Scotia and down the St Lawrence and is continuing the Loop! Awesome. Have I already mentioned the guy from Iowa who completed the Loop last week at Grafton, IL in his self made canoe—took 9 months? Cruised by a huge flock of White pelicans----need to read up on them. Looking forward to figuring out how to post pictures on the blog. First may just imbed them in an email. While Haleigh is improving, it obviously is not a good idea to ingest carpet threads. Hoping she is able to keep passing them----ah such an interesting diversion to our days.  The Illinois Valley Yacht Club  (IVY Club) Peoria, IL was founded in 1907. Very interesting historical photographs in their building. Dinner: Thai influenced dinner of noodles, beef, squash, carrots, onions, garlic and red peppers.

Miles this Leg; 66; Total Miles; 1,152