Harbor Side to Starved Rock...
AND THE RAINS CAME...we had it all yesterday...cool and cloudy...sunny and hot...sprinkles..we kept a close eye on radar. Big storms kept missing where we were....but last night it let loose. How Floyd slept though all that I don't know.  In the middle of the night...bright lightning, loud thunder and pouring rain. Blew open our hatch doors and filled the small aft deck trash with water. Didn't last long but dumped a lot of water.  But did it cool things off??? NO!!!

Forty miles today and 2 locks. We started less than a mile from lock #4...didn't wait long as no barges were around. Hopeful that we could just zip though the rest of the day...almost.  Lock 5 had a tow and barges coming up...that were broken apart...so we waited about an hour for them to finish their lift and get reassembled. Another hour and we arrived at Starved Rock marina just as they were closing (What marina closes at 4 o'clock???) ...so we are parked at the gas dock...with the promise that workers will arrive at 730 AM. We had planned to get gas and a pump out before heading out in the morning...Maybe...Maybe not!!!.

Supper tonight is at Captain's Cove Restaurant and Bar..overlooking the Illinois River....it's night two and no one wants to cook. We'd rather nap and shower. Seems reasonable!!!

HOT HOT HOT...we sure thought we'd be getting into St Charles before the summer heat kicked in...HA!!! We have gone straight from winter to summer...skipped right over those cooler nights where you didn't need to run the AC...temp today was 92. Floyd says tomorrow will be cooler...only 86. Double HA.

Another interesting fact...Starved Rock is close to the town of Utica Ill...according to my google maps...1 hour and 34 minutes driving time from Chicago...but not near as much fun as the 18 and a half hours we've spent boating here. hehehehe  Our new friends, Kurt and Jim had a bit of bad luck today...did some prop damage on a floating log. They stopped in Ottawa ...made a switch and then blew on past us...they are trying to get their newly purchased boat back to Louisville...in a bigger hurry and they travel at a faster speed...so who knows if we'll see them again or not. That's the way this stuff works.

Tomorrow is another long day...to Peoria ...Illinois Valley Yacht Club...one lock but 62 miles...as long as we are moving the heat is bearable. Slather on the sunscreen and drink lots of water...we think we'll be in St Charles on Sunday...what a great Father's Day!!!!