Cruising the Chicago Loop

Where the Cal-Sag Canal and the Chicago Sanitary Canal join 25 miles west of Lake Michigan

Randolph Street Bridge

Water taxi at a station amid a park along the river.

Back up generators for the electric fish fence.

Jan Moore and Barb meet us at the Joliet IL park where we stayed overnight.

Chicago amid early morning clouds.

Lock on Lake Michigan where the Chicago Sanitary Canal begins.

Wrigley Building in downtown Chicago.

Down town Chicago!

Boat slips under the Mariana Twoer building.

Building built around Marina on the Chicago River a mile or two west of the Loop

Marina Towers on the Chicago River

With my new crew of Dave Johnson and Ty Nichols we departed Chicago and the DuSable Marina on the edge of the Loop to see if we would fit under the low bridges in Chicago.  We entered the Chicago lock and proceeded down the Chicago Sanitary Canal through the tall buildings of Chicago.

We measured the height of the SaSea Sally a half dozen times coming up with different heights.  To pass under the low bridges, your height must be less than 17 ft. and we measured from 16 ft to 17.5 so we just decided to give it a try!  We ended up at a park in Joliet IL park.