Asian Carp are an issue in the river systems so in an effort to keep them out, Illinois has built an aquatic barrier that is basically an...

Yesterday we went though the Lockport Lock in Illinois. Since our first lock was so easy, we didn't expect this one to be any different....

Tomorrow we traverse our first real leg of the river system and will encounter our first lock and dam!! These are the types of ships we...

Day 3 at the shipyard in Chicago. We are forced to sit in solitary confinement during the days and work like slaves in exchange for food....

We spent yesterday re-caulking the shower, un-wiring the mast, taking the sails off (and killing about a bazillion spiders that crawled...

And we're off!! Spent a wonderful night in our hometown last night (South Haven, Mi). My family had said goodbye to us a couple of nights...