Day 27: Chicago to Seneca, IL

We left Chicago at 6:33 this morning and drove 75 miles to Spring Brook Marina in Seneca IL where we docked at 3.40pm, pumped out & fueled up 52 gallons .

Four locks, takes time even when lock tenders are very helpful. First lock was just inside Lake Michigan and then we cruised right through downtown Chicago. Beautiful even in early morning overcast. Then we went down Chicago Sanitary and Ship canal. Less said the better. Narrow, lots of tugs smelly and lots of electrified carp in the carp containment zone (they get zapped by an electric current so they don't get to Lake Michigan. In the second half of the trip it seemed like everybody who had a sport boat or jet ski was out enjoying a beautiful Sunday afternoon.

At an average speed of 7.14 knots, today we burnt 48 gallons of fuel covering 75 miles. This gives an average fuel consumption of 1.56 nm/gal or 5.27 gal/hr. 215 hours on the Cummins engine.

Best,

Peter