We said good-bye to our good friends Kelli and John this morning. New crew, Krystina and her boyfriend, Tony, drove in late last night (as you saw on yesterday's post) with Krystina's jet ski (a.k.a. Sydney). John helped Tony launch Sydney and away the Peltiers went with the vehicle Tony and Krystina drove down in.
As we came to our first lock, we found it similiar to lock 15 and 15A, as 15A was an auxillary lock. Lock 14 had an auxillary lock that they use only for weekends and holidays. So, as a tow was in lock 14 heading south, we entered the auxillary lock heading north. As we were getting ready to leave the lock, the lockmaster instructed us of the "canal" we would go through before we could get to the main channel.
Coming out of the lock, there was a tight squeeze past a barge.
Then, around the bend, it looked like a "Party Cove" by the Kinni!!!
After cruising through some VERY shallow water, in order to get through to the main channel, we had one more obstacle; we needed to go through the MIDDLE of these two rock piles!
We made it through safe and sound. Not long after that, a nice American flag waved on top of a red buoy at us . . .
as well as a cool-looking windmill . . .
what appeared to be the "Elephant Graveyard" scene from "Lion King", and . . .
a "Lil Charlie" tow, helping a Marquette Transportation tow downstream through a narrow bridge.
Since we got a little later start today, we put the boat up on plane for a little bit. Of course, Tony was jumping at the opportunity to take Sydney out and test out our waves!
Our stop for the night is just two hours short of Dubuque, Iowa. We found a nice spot to anchor, that we remembered from a cruise about ten years ago. We also saw the ski lift by our anchor spot where we did some summer "luging". Tony and Krystina went to see if they were still open for business.
As you can see, they are still open . . . with beautiful views, too!
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