We woke to a beautiful summer morning. Today was going to be a great day to relax, read and fish. Gale put the dinghy down in the afternoon and he and Lucy rode it over to the beach where he cleaned it up while Lucy played and ran. Afterwards, he picked up Maureen and went downriver to check out the Starved Rock Marina and State Park area. Before getting to Starved Rock Marina, we drove into the harbor at Starved Rock Yacht Club. There we met Bob who was scooting around in his dinghy but then he stopped at a large old trawler at the end of one of the docks. The name of the boat was Aestival. Bob invited us over for a beer and we joined him at the back of his boat for a short visit. He gave Gale a quick tour of the inside of Aestival. Maureen and Lucy waited outside because Bob was concerned that his cat and Lucy might not get along. It turns out we actually did “meet” Bob the other day when we were cruising with Brian and Lin and he came alongside our boat in his dinghy to warn us that “thar be pirates out there!”
On Blue Heron again, we wanted to catch another channel catfish for dinner to go with the one we’d caught earlier in the day. The fish didn’t seem to be very hungry, but we did pick up another small channel cat. It was nearly 8 pm before we ate our dinner. Once again, we slept very well in this quiet anchoring spot.
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