Journey from Holland Mi to Waukegan Il and Chicago

Our final view of Holland Mi

 On Monday, Sept. 12 we backed out of our slip in Holland with Adam and Lydia waving us on. I have to add that on Sunday we were able to worship in Holland at Gateway Community Church. Rev. John Aukema is pastor there.John was our oldest son's Malcolm's friend at DACS, the Christian school they both attended in Laurel. We left early since we had to make the big crossing of Lake Michigan to Waukegan to have our mast taken down at Larsen's marina.The trip went well. We met up with 2 Lake freighters as we crossed the shipping lanes. One was a white Lafarge ship 'Infinity' pushed by a tug.

Lafarge freighter crossing our course

Moving our boom for shipping in Waukegan Il

 In Waukegan we met our Swedish friends and friends from 'Another Dawn'.Their  masts had been taken down that morning. The next day they helped us take our sails down.It was very providential, they had been shown an easy way of folding the sails by draping it over the boom .The next day we moved our boat over to the wall where the equipment and team were ready to take down the boom and the mast.

Adriana 1 in Chicago

 On Thursday morning a mastless boat motored over big waves 40 miles south to Chicago. We were happy to get within the breakwaters and work our way into DuSable marina in heart of the big city. We were also very excited because we would be seeing Ryan and Elissa and Jacob that p.m.

Chicago skyline

At Riva's Restaurant at Navy Pier

Architectural tour in Chicago

We will tell more about our great experiences in Chicago in the next blog.'Til next time.