18 September 2014

On Thursday we went to a really nice grocery store about 8 blocks from the marina. It’s in a complex of hi-rise condos and apartments. It covers two floors and all over is about ½ of the size of our local SuperFresh. Lots of good vegies and the prices were about the same as home. Which was suprising since it’s in the middle of Chicago.

It was 11 o’clock when we got back. So we ordered pizza from Lou Malnati’s. I walked up, since it would take 40 mins to cook. When I got there, they had messed up the order, but swapped our small for a medium, so it was all good. I took a taxi back and the driver kept talking about how good it smelled, I think he wanted me to give him a slice.

After eating a slice (it’s very filling pizza) we move forward a dock to the pump-out dock, got a quick pump-out and then headed down the 15 miles to Hammond, IN. Because we are too tall to make it through the city, we need to head up the Calamut Sag Channel. It’s a few miles longer but we can make it under the bridges.

It was a pretty uneventful trip, the water was calm and we found the marina pretty easily. The Hammond marina is very nice, and as a bonus had hi-speed internet (unlike Chicago) and was only a $1 a foot, unlike $3+.

I took advantage of the W-fi to be able to update all my charts on the iPad and some of the applications I didn’t go to iOS 8, I’ll stick on 7 until I get home. Susan loaded Milwaukee and Southern Lake Michigan. Make sure to check out the Milwaukee pictures!

I changed the fuel filters. I have something gunky in the tanks, so I’ve been changing the filters about every 300 miles. It takes about 20 mins to do both sides, I’ve gotten better with practice.

For dinner we went to the “Horseshoe” casino for the buffet. The casino is actually on a floating barge and there is about a 50′ long walkway to get to it. I guess it meets the “Riverboat Gambling” laws, but the place is still 4 stories tall and looks to be a city block square. It would be interesting to see if it does move in some of the famous Lake Michigan storms.

We had taken advantage of the laundry facilities so we both have clean clothing for the next few weeks. It’s an early bed night, we want to be off the dock at first light.