Good Morning, Indiana-ites!  We are staying here until the waves are again less and 2 feet.

Trivia. Yesterday when we became Indiana-ites, we crossed into Central Time.  We got to relive an hour of our day.  Just so you know we took this time change seriously, we napped.

Sunrise in Hammond, IN

I measured the distance from our slip on X dock to the marina office.  One half mile.  Yes, we needed to walk.  Quite the distance to talk to someone about staying an extra day or two.  You guessed it.  Weather.  RWW.  Waves and wind rather than rain, this time.

What did we do with ourselves?  We read up on the Western Rivers in the Skipper Bob book “Chicago to Mobile” and the Waterway Guides.  Lots to read and understand the new bodies of water we will be encountering.  Soon.  River lingo.  Tow and barge lingo.  Rules of the roads especially pertaining to the many barges we will be meeting on the rivers.  We did boat chores, laundry, dishes, took a nap, etc.  Just like everyone else.

We spent several hours with the local boaters on X-dock on Labor Day.  They gave us hints for traveling between Hammond Marina and our first stop in Joliet.  How to talk to the tow boats.  Little tricks and tips.  A very enjoyable time with all the folks and their dogs on X-Dock.  On Wednesday, John (local) took us to Walmart.  We want to publicly thank him again for going out of his way to help us and the crew of Elizabear by providing chauffeur service.  It was mighty nice of him.

Humorous picture of the day….

Thirsty?? Cold, refreshing soda

How about now??  Is this just a day’s worth of spider webs?  OR is Coca Cola the preferred drink?  I wasn’t even sure if it was plugged in.

We are on our way “south bound” on the rivers tomorrow.  How exciting!!