Scott here to see how I did with our travel plan for October 6, 2023. It was an eventful day and Rita will share that with you later!

The flotilla plan was to be ready to have lines off at 6:45 am. We needed to be under a bridge by 7 am as it will not open between 7:30 am – 8:30 am and we had a plan to lock at Brandon Road at 7:30 am. Barges held us up for a couple of hours!

So far I am happy with my plan as compared to actual. I need to do better with my mid-stop’s since as we have gone by some of them they would not have worked.

Initial Plan
Date: October 6, 2023
Route name in Aqua Maps: TD: 10/01/23 (Joliet to Ottawa)
Nebo Link: Click here
Crew: Captain Scott, 1st Mate Rita, & K9 Jazzy
Start at: 7:00 am Close enough at 6:45 am
End at: 5:00 pm Came in at 6:03 pm
Total Time: 10 hours (6:30 travel time, 3:00 3 locks, 1:00 for 2 bridges) Actual time was 10:37
Distance: 45.3 miles actual distance was 47.4
Fuel Plan: 58 gallons Didn’t fuel up
Planned stop: Heritage Harbor, Ottawa, IL Yep

I need some photos to make the post more interesting!! Just a few as Rita is much better at the photos than I am!!