M/V ILLUSIONS
YEAR 2000 CRUISE
The Chicago skyline
Looking across the breakwater to the end of Navy Pier
The lighthouse at the end of the breakwater
Sailboats with Navy Pier in the background
Closer shot of the ships, ferris wheel, and buildings of Navy Pier
Attractive downtown buildings and boat moorings
The CAL SAG Channel, just before merging with the Chicago River
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal had less width and more traffic
We collected a mess on our port propeller
Harry, standing in a dinghy, removed that mess from the prop
Pretty Fall colors in northern Illinois
We were looking for colors in the leaves
We found some color, but we were early in the Fall season
Several trees on the lock grounds were colorful
That tree was just getting a good start at changing color
Starved Rock State Park, taken just below the lock
Starved Rock, with a small beach
The Spirit of Peoria was in the IMAX movie, Mark Twain's America
The old lock chamber at Henry, IL
We spent the night there with water, power, and the geese
The mobile bandstand we saw in June on Delaware Bay
Another ancient lock chamber
One of many floating casinos on the river
High, rocky bluffs on the RDB, Illinois River
High, rocky bluffs on the LDB, Mississippi River
The Alton Belle Casino, Alton, IL
The Mississippi River bridge at Alton, IL
The famous Arch at St Louis, MO
Huge tow boat, really a floating city
Very attractive high rocks along the Mississippi River
Mr. Charles Brown operated the fuel service where we purchased diesel
The floodwall at Cape Girardeau, MO
Very large towboat with barges
Another five-story, three smokestack towboat
We tied up to the Coast Guard cutter, CHENA
The Coast Guard provided a very interesting and enjoyable experience
The Hickman Dorena Ferry, leaving Hickman
A barge-load of RVs and trailers headed downriver
The bridge at Memphis, TN resembles a large "M"
Memphis Yacht Club, behind Mud Island on the Mississippi River
Trams carry visitors from downtown Memphis to the island attractions
Paddlewheelers dock behind the protection of Mud Island, Memphis
Nice-looking Memphis skyline
Looking back at the Memphis bridge, it does look like an "M"
My birthday was a beautiful Fall day
A casino in MS, on the LDB, south of Memphis
Another casino in MS, just south of the preceding building
Unexplained swirls and whirlpools exist in the Mississippi River
Part of the waterfront complex in Greenville, MS
The size of the Mississippi River permits very large tows and barge
strings
Another very large towboat
At Vicksburg, the gambling boats sit on the banks of the river
Approaching the Old River Lock
Large tugboat in Port Arthur, TX
Tugboats escorting large ship, Port Arthur, TX
The ship was from Monrovia
Shrimp boats at Port Arthur, Texas
Bridge over the ICW to Paradise Island from Port Arthur, TX
Oil platform under construction and shrimp boat, Port Arthur, TX
Grass fire, partly due to drought, near High Island, Texas
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