Well I'm back in Chicago after a couple of weeks away from the Pelican. I rented a car, drove home and visited family and friends. Had some great quality time with family and also was able to visit ECYC and swap stories with the gang. Attached is a picture of the grand kids, which was one to the primary reasons for the visit back to NC. Mary Helen came back with me and we spend several days in Chicago doing the tourist thing. We visited the Marion B. Wade Museum which houses all of C. S. Lewis's writings. We also visited down town Chicago and Navy Pier. It was really crowded with a lot of people.
On the way back to Chicago we stopped off at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. I am ex Air Force and really enjoyed visiting the Museum. Attached are pictures of a couple of planes that I worked on while in the Air Force back in the early 60's. The two planes are a RF 101 and a RB 66. This really brought back some good memories of times past.
Yesterday I had the first opportunity with the Pelican. The macerator pump with out and we were without a toilet. Not fun. Today I replaced the pump and we are back in business. We turned the car in and are leaving Tuesday morning to continue the trip south on the river system.
Later,
Carl