Grafton or Bust

Day 4 is in the books and it sure was a long one. We met the fuel truck driver at 8:15 this morning and he was able to top off our tanks. We put 225 gallons in and we were on our way by 8:30. That was the fastest fueling I have ever seen. I was even more impressed that the boat could take the fuel that quickly. After our fuel, it was for the most part, an uneventful day. We covered another 156 miles in 10+ hours. There were some pretty heavy thunderstorms in the area and we went through some downpours, but we managed and kept the boat moving toward Lake Michigan. We also had a few more set backs at the locks, but by now it has almost become expected.

We got really lucky at the last lock today and didn't have too much of a wait. We only waited about an hour. We came out of the last lock at 6:40 pm and ran hard for the final 23 miles to make it to Grafton Harbor by sunset. We were able to fuel the boat and get tied up before the rain came in again. We just finished dinner at the Oyster Bar here in the marina and are ready to call it a day. No pictures due to bad weather. More tomorrow.