John’s doing projects - this time troubleshooting problems with the boat internet connection and cleaning the teak on the steps and swim platform all while waiting for the replacement part from Ken at SkipperBud’s for the fill valve on the toilet . Meanwhile I do yoga in a lovely gazebo at the end of the dock, and Rick and Jody catch up on some email. Next Rick, Jody and I take off for a long walk down the promontory along the harbor channel to the lighthouse, then through town to a bike path through a foresty glade with a quaint wood covered bridge. By one o’clock we learn the part wasn’t shipped overnight as intended so that will have to wait to the next SkipperBud’s in Winthrop Harbor on our way to Racine, WI. So we and we batten down the hatches and cruise on to Chicago!
The two and half hour cruise (our longest “on our own”) was lovely with the sun shining and water nearly flat calm, allowing us to cruise comfortably at 25 knots. Our berth in Du Sable Harbor sits in the heart of downtown Chicago just a few blocks from Millennium Park and Michigan Avenue. This slip was by far the tightest we have encountered with barely a foot of clearance on each side. Nevertheless, John managed another docking without incident.
Following our arrival the boys cleaned the outside of the boat while Jody and I cleaned the inside, and now it’s time for a quick cocktail then clean up for dinner in downtown Chicago for Jody and Rick’s send off dinner. We were joined by Knauf’s good Chicago buddies Julie and Joe Davies. Rick met Joe studying in Rome when he studied abroad in College. They met us on the Latitude Adjustment for drinks and pupu’s prepared by Jody and then thye whisked us off to dinner downtown. We had difficulty finding the restaurant “Untitled” as it had no exterior signage or address - just a plain black door in keeping with the theme of a chic prohibition era ‘speak-easy’ that needed to remain top secret from the coppers.
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