Ross and Mark were awake early so they got us underway. The queens were allowed to sleep in!
But the queens knew enough to get up before the kings drank all the coffee. The river surface was like glass. All seemed peaceful as we sipped our coffee and enjoyed the tranquility and beauty of themorning.
In all these miles of travel with the doors and canvas open we have never had a problem…till now!A black starling flew in the back door. He tried to get out, but couldn’t. He was so frantic, that lets just say it scared the purple berries out of it.
I covered it with a towel and held it just long enough for Ross to take a picture.
When I started to loosen my grip to release it he took off so fast that he left some tail feathers behind. Oops. Sorry pal.
We are getting much closer to the Mississippi with each passing mile. The landscape is flattening out, there are sandy beaches along shore and it definitely has taken on the look of the river back home. We stopped for the night at Grafton Harbor marina. We are still on the Illinois River, but from our slip we think we can see where this river meets the Mississippi.
This is a very nice marina. We took advantage of both the private showers and the laundry. While the clothes were in the dryer we walked across the parking lot to a small winery that also offered several varietal beers on tap. Not knowing what any of them were, they gave me little samples to try so I could choose. It was a warm steamy day so we sat outside at a table and listened to the band play. 
Decided to grab supper at the Big Kahuna Grill overlooking the marina and Illinois River. One of the specialties was an appetizer called “Crabby Balls”
so we figured we best try some. Well we’re not certain if there was even any crab in them. I think they were mostly ramen noodles. We gave it a thumbs down. Even the pina colada dipping sauce it came with didn’t help. The fried fish sandwiches we ordered were good though. We joked that it was probably Asian Carp. 
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