Dragonfly Boating

Bonus Question 1: What 1989 Oscar-nominated movie turned today’s post title into a Hawkeye State  catchphrase?  (Answer at end of post) We ...

It was another uncomfortable night of sleeping aboard, but we did get some sleep. The human body’s ability to adapt to a difficult environme...

It was foggy this morning and you couldn’t even see the opposite bank of the Illinois River. Kathleen went for a run and the fog was gone by...

We woke up yesterday to the sunrise over Heritage Harbor Marina, and explored the grounds, discovering the Sand Bar and the Quackerdeck, bui...

Yesterday was a long, hot, challenging day, but we persevered and continued on our adventure. Our first “hurdle” was getting under the Chica...

After a decent night’s sleep with cooler temperatures and only a couple of train horns, we left Hammond Marina at 7:30 AM and ventured out o...