Grafton -St Louis-- and home

From Peoria we had 2 more Locks, met lots of Tow Barges and enjoyed two anchorages[one in between 2 green markers in a wide part of the river and the other in behind Bar Island just south of Beardstown] ,a dockage and dinner at Illinois River dock and Mel's Restaurant.We had the company of 'Sea Q west' on this part of our journey. And our friends on 'Another Dawn' were our scouts . They were ahead of us and kept us posted  as to their stops and anchorages.What a help!!

At the Illinois River Dock

Grand vista over the Mississippi river at Grafton

Sunset as seen from Adriana 1 at Grafton

Finally on Thurs. Sept. 29th we did arrive at Grafton. This is a lovely new marina. It is also the marina we had planned to leave our boat while we made our trip home for Thanksgiving weekend.So after setling in and cleaning ship we rented a car for Friday afternoon . This made it possible for us to go to ST Louis on Sat., Church on Sunday and home on Monday.