S2E3-GREAT LOOP-LEG 3-Hammond IN to Joliet IL 

Thanks for sharing look forward to following along on you loop journey

Used to pick up steel coils from a lot of those places along the river and canal!

Great video and as if on cue, the trains show up as massive props, lol. The first time passing under a train my son was about 2 years old and he instinctively new the train was so much bigger. His little face was scared but when realized we were safe he lit up like a Christmas tree. Thank you for sharing and bringing back some great boating memories. Enjoy the Ride, Bell

Thanks for sharing your journey 😊

Excellent. So pleased your on your way.

Glad to see your video I had almost forgotten about you guys. And what a great video this is going to be the gold standard of loop videos if you keep this up. Probably will get more busy when you start chasing the locks. lots of good information and well put together. I live around Louisville Kentucky you'll be turning left and coming up the Ohio possibly but you won't come this far. Safe journeys.

Hope your adventures are going well. Hope you both have a merry Christmas!

Looking good 👌

Enjoy the video. You made me laugh - it's Des Plaines River nothing silent say it like DES Planes; and Kank-Ka-Kee River

Love your content😁fyi its pronounced Kan-kuh-kee river...stay safe you guys!

Love it! It was so great to get started out of Hammond with our Flotilla! We were in Flotilla 12. Which one were you in again?

You went right past my house in Lemont, where the Cal Sag meets the Sanitary and Ship canal. Safe travels.

Caught a largemouth right at that second waterfall once on my way out to the lake. You can put in right there off of 127th St.

Andromeda looked close on a few of those bridges,im going back and catching up on older videos,just came to this episode

The reason for all the river name changes is because they don’t naturally flow together. Both the Chicago and Calumet rivers flow naturally into Lake Michigan. There is a slight rise in the land between those and the Des Plaines river. Basically a sub-continental divide between water that flows through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic vs. water that flows down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. The canal and channel(more recent) were dug to provide a connection for boat traffic/trade. And the reason it’s called the Sanitary and Ship canal is because, in 1900, Chicago famously also used this waterway to send its sewage downstream rather than have it go into Lake Michigan where it had been polluting the water supply. Which is why the Chicago River lock is right at the mouth of Lake Michigan rather than further downstream. And yeah, St. Louis was not at all happy to have Chicago’s sewage flowing down to it.

Us locals say "Dess Planes" and "Kane-kah-key."

I think it's th second bridge was the one they jumped in the Blues Brothers. 95th st bridge

The sound of water splashing sounded better than any music out here! I don't like watching some screen saver pictures with someone's music of choice. Most neutral music is the sound of water and or nature...

Dez-Plains and Cane-Ka-Kee for anyone wondering

Those electric fish fences are there to try to keep the Asian Carp out of the Illinois and the inland waterways. They work but I think they are in the Illinois. They will jump hit you and knock you silly.

What program did you use to show the travel progress? Around 1:35 minute and such. Thanks!

Nice vid! FYI, you do pronounce the first S in Des Plaines. Also, Kankakee is pronounced Can-kah-KEE.

My boat is 13’8” and I still cringe going under a bridge that’s 20’

I think this is one of the best explanation and video documentations of entering the great loop from Lake Michigan. Even though our boat has a low enough air draft to proceed either way your video clear up a lot of our guestions. Thanks and Goodonya.

Illinois river if your in Joliet

Now I know what boating through an apocalypse would look like. Illinois River system has the worst scenery I ever saw, expect for maybe a neighborhood on the south side of Shitcago. Can’t believe I wasted my time looking at this very boring video. It was like watching paint dry on a rusty fence.

Hope your not just getting to Joliet today it's cold! October ok still cold 🥶

What date is this filmed? Looks like September rather than December

New Subscribers here! My wife and I are both watching your progress. Great videos full of information! We Love it! We are hoping to start touring the Great Lakes in a few years after retirement, maybe we’ll run into you somewhere along the way. Enjoy your journey, we are enjoying following you.

Fished a lot of those areas and the Kankakee. I live near Kankakee!!!

Thank you for the explanation on the rivers and their names. Looks like you could have stopped and carved your initials on the bottom of some of those bridges!

Waking up and discovering a new Cruising Andromeda video = 🎉😊 👍. Big smile at the third mate’s “safety position” 😂

I am enjoying watching your travels. Awesome.