Monday Sept 16th

All this time and we only made it as far as.......... Ottawa!!  But Ottawa just happens to be in Illinois.  Came in here Saturday--beautiful harbour--even supplying a courtesy car to travel up town.  We haven't had to wait too long to go through the locks--some have had to wait 5 hrs--waiting on tugs.  We've travelled past varied scenes--from cottages to corn fields to industry, so keeps its interesting.  The last picture is outside the lock, well off the channel, waiting for this big tug to exit.  Rained all day Sunday, and still chilly, but this morning there is a bright blue sky so the river road awaits

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