"You load sixteen tons and what do you get?  Another day older and deeper in debt...St. Peter, don't call me 'cause I can't go...."  Well, it has been quite a day; but it's been one of the best of this trip.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIfu2A0ezq0

Sixteen Tons made it through several locks, even with the skipper's accent.  It was exciting and exhausting. The first lock was Lockport Lock in Chicago:

It was a long wait and then we were through.

It's amazing the people I have met along the way.  Must be the prayers that are said on my behalf.  It seems there's a helping hand at every turn.  Like Dave & Doris Ann from North Carolina, and a new couple Mike and Yonetta from Evansville, Indiana. http://mytherapygreatloop.blogspot.com/2013_03_01_archive.html 

Did not actually meet these Loopers

Chicago Sanitation and Shit Canal