Brenda phoned Dusable Harbour first thing this morning and made reservations for us for four days. We departed for Chicago around 11. The wind was from the west and it was a rough ride out the channel at Michigan City. Once we got out a little way however it started to calm down and I put the boat on auto pilot all the way to Chicago. Unlike the west coast of Michigan, the south coast of Lake Michigan is filled with industry all the way to Chicago. The ride to Chicago was uneventful until we got close to Chicago and being a weekend all the sail boats were out which made it difficult to navigate into our marina. Sometimes, I wonder about those who have sailboats. I understand that I have to give way to the sail boats, but some of them don't use their brains. They continue on a straight line no matter what and several times I had to gun the boat to get out of their way. The sailboats combined with idiot go fast boat drivers made it a difficult entry into the marina. One guy roared about along side us as I was going about 5 knts, waved to us and then immediately cut across our bow causing wake from all sides. Then just as I was about to enter the marina, another go fast boat ran between me and the marina entrance. I don't think I have ever seen such bad and inconsiderate boaters.
Finally we docked and then went for a walk around Chicago. It looks interesting. Lesley, you would be impressed with the architecture. Went to Millennium Park and had dinner there. We then walked around and got lost as we tried to make our way back to the marina. The condo projects seem to go one into another with no exit points. Eventually we asked someone for directions and got back.
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Dave, you made in into Larry Derocher's birthday speech on Sat. night. He said that he received some feeble "couldn't make it" responses to his invitation, including one "from a dude who is gone away on his boat for a year!"
ReplyDeleteTaking the architectural boat tour is a must as the guide is fast, funny and informative. See the Field Museum...amazing. The Science and Industry Museum is also great as is the Aquarium. The latter should be within walking distance. Berghoff's restaurant was written up in the Toronto Star over the weekend...great, reasonable food and quite a landmark in Chicago.
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