Industrial Space

This is the entrance to our marina.

We stayed another day at Marine Services marina in Calumet because of the storm last night.  We received about 3 inches of rain.  So George was concerned that the canal water level would be too high for us to pass under a 19'7" fixed bridge.  This is the lowest bridge we will go under, and it does not open.  Yesterday we touched a 19'1" bridge, so the deluge in the night worried him.  Today we remeasured our boat's height above the water.  We are 15.75 feet above the water level.  (Math problem:  How high was the river if we touched a 19'1" bridge?)

We used an Uber car to go to Buffalo Wild Wings in Calumet City to watch the GA Tech/Notre Dame football game.  The game was disappointing, but the wings were not.  The manager, a Notre Dame fan, turned the game on with sound for us and came by to chat several times.  We got home before dark and managed to get inside the fenced yard.

The marina is in an industrial area.  On one side is a landfill, and on 

the other are two rail lines. 

At night we can see the methane flare burning in the landfill. 

George is one of the few people not bothered by this.

We received a flood warning for the Des Plaines River and wondered if that is going to affect us.  We studied our maps and looked up the Des Plaines on river gages.com. It was hard to be sure even though it is north of Chicago.  Then George called the lock master for the Lockport Lock and Dam and asked him about the river height.  That lock is 9 miles south of our fixed bridge. The lock master was helpful and explained that the river is actually low because they lowered it in expectation of flooding.  Tomorrow it may return to normal height, but we should have the 19'7" of clearance.  

We plan to leave at 7:00 am, headed for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Rail Road Bridge, the Lockport Lock and Dam, and ultimately Joliet Free Wall, Joliet, Illinois.