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

[@Bubba-tx1vx]

Looking good 👌

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thanks Bubba!

[@karikarr6377]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Awww! Thank for such nice comments! Always!😀🐕❤

[@captainrosie6738]

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.

[@cruisingandromeda]

I am so glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for watching and thank you for the kind words!😃❤

[@pugmahone]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Hahaha! Noted! Thank you for that clarification! :) We appreciate you watching!

[@BellsRidesAboardSeaBoss]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Awww what a great memory! Thank you for sharing!❤❤

[@davidallen9526]

Excellent. So pleased your on your way.

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you! And thanks for following along!😃

[@stevep0726]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you Steve! Thanks for watching and commenting! It means a lot to us, we appreciate it!❤❤

[@aricbentz2987]

Thanks for sharing your journey 😊

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thanks for following along!😀❤🍻

[@lakeescapeii2539]

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.

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you so much for subscribing and following along! It means the world to us! Keep us posted on your journey, we hope to run in to you along the way! Thank you!😀❤

[@lakeescapeii2539]

@@cruisingandromeda We are all caught up on your videos! when we would sit down in the evening, my wife would say "let's watch a few more Andromeda videos" lol.... It's cool because it gives us ideas for our boat. We did the same thing, bought a new to us boat and have been updating it to make sure we are 100% safe when traveling. Our videos will get better as we get more time to start traveling but for now they are pretty much just us working on the boat at hammond. Check us out if you have time, give us a Like and hit that subscribe button! Thanks for sharing all of your safety tips!

[@cruisingandromeda]

@@lakeescapeii2539 Thank you so much for the kind words! We will be checking out your channel!😃

[@bnghjtyu767]

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.

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you for the wonderful comment! Thanks so much for watching and following along! Kentucky is so beautiful, best to you!❤😄

[@brettgerber795]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you! Thanks for following along and Merry Christmas to you!😀❤💚

[@greylion629]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

How cool! I knew we should have waved! 🤣Thanks so much for watching!😀❤

[@pugmahone]

Jim (@greylion629) - do you boat/fish local or just in FL?

[@greylion629]

@@pugmahone I have a 3800 Tiara in North point Marina in Winthrop Harbor IL

[@pugmahone]

That'll work

[@MarkandMel]

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?

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you! You are correct, it felt sooo good to get moving! We were Flotilla 13. Thanks for watching and commenting!❤🚤⛵⚓

[@freedomwanderer91]

I am enjoying watching your travels. Awesome.

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you so much! Comments like this keep us going! Thanks! :)

[@greensdreams]

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!

[@cruisingandromeda]

We are glad you enjoyed it! You are right, some of those bridges were were a little too close for comfort! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Thanks for following along!❤😀

[@greensdreams]

Which bridge in Chicago is only 17'9"?

[@cruisingandromeda]

DuSable Bridge at Michigan Ave.

[@scottsbaitsandtackle]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you for watching :)

[@scottsbaitsandtackle]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

So much history around here! Thank you for sharing :)

[@scottbrazill1442]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you so much Scott! Some of these names are so hard! lol :)

[@TsterMr63]

We also pronounce the first "S" in Des Plaines, as in the "dess planes" river. Not like Des Moines, IA where it's silent.

[@scottsbaitsandtackle]

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.

[@cruisingandromeda]

Nice! Thank you for watching :)

[@mccluremetalworks4214]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

The bridges were nerve-wracking! They always look closer, and you just have to trust the charts and current water levels. ( and we had our boat measured by surveyors to know the exact height :)

[@goodbless6094]

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...

[@cruisingandromeda]

Well said! Thank you for watching and following along!

[@carpediemwithLesli]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

I use a poly line function in our editing software.

[@Ddrhodes123]

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.

[@cruisingandromeda]

Great explanation! Thank you! I recently just watched a documentary on this :) Thank you for sharing !

[@MSG3726]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Us too! No matter what the chart says or what's posted on the bridge it always seems tight! Thanks for following along!

[@36offshore]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you for watching! Our videos are usually about 4 to 6 weeks behind real time for production time. Our Facebook page has less in depth but real time updates. Please follow along if you like!😄❤

[@guyrhodes]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you! We do struggle with this lol :)

[@spidergawd68]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you so much! We appreciate you joining us! :)

[@scottsbaitsandtackle]

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.

[@cruisingandromeda]

yes! it was crazy to see! Thank you for watching :)

[@ezee2daz]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Oh COOL! I didn't realize that! Thank you for sharing :)

[@cbmutube]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Hello! This was Late October last year. We left Ludington Michigan on October 11th. Thank you for joining us! :)

[@bradleyniven7942]

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

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you! We struggle with this...might be a Michigan thing lol :)

[@David-j5w9e]

Illinois river if your in Joliet

[@cruisingandromeda]

Thank you! It was so interesting how many different named rivers we went through. We learned SO much! Thank you for watching :)

[@bill1936]

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.

[@cruisingandromeda]

Hello Bill, This was our first taste of the rivers, and it was quite industrial at times for sure. We found it fascinating to see it by boat. The scenery changes fast, and there was beauty to be found. Thank you for watching :)