Waking up and discovering a new Cruising Andromeda video = 🎉😊 👍. Big smile at the third mate’s “safety position” 😂
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
Awww! Thank for such nice comments! Always!😀🐕❤
@captainrosie673810 ай бұрын
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.
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
I am so glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for watching and thank you for the kind words!😃❤
@pugmahone8 ай бұрын
Enjoy the video. You made me laugh - it's Des Plaines River nothing silent say it like DES Planes; and Kank-Ka-Kee River
@cruisingandromeda8 ай бұрын
Hahaha! Noted! Thank you for that clarification! :) We appreciate you watching!
@BellsRidesAboardSeaBoss10 ай бұрын
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
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
Awww what a great memory! Thank you for sharing!❤❤
@davidallen952610 ай бұрын
Excellent. So pleased your on your way.
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
Thank you! And thanks for following along!😃
@stevep072610 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing look forward to following along on you loop journey
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
Thank you Steve! Thanks for watching and commenting! It means a lot to us, we appreciate it!❤❤
@aricbentz298710 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your journey 😊
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
Thanks for following along!😀❤🍻
@lakeescapeii253910 ай бұрын
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.
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
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!😀❤
@lakeescapeii25399 ай бұрын
@@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!
@cruisingandromeda9 ай бұрын
@@lakeescapeii2539 Thank you so much for the kind words! We will be checking out your channel!😃
@bnghjtyu76710 ай бұрын
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.
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
Thank you for the wonderful comment! Thanks so much for watching and following along! Kentucky is so beautiful, best to you!❤😄
@brettgerber79510 ай бұрын
Hope your adventures are going well. Hope you both have a merry Christmas!
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
Thank you! Thanks for following along and Merry Christmas to you!😀❤💚
@greylion62910 ай бұрын
You went right past my house in Lemont, where the Cal Sag meets the Sanitary and Ship canal. Safe travels.
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
How cool! I knew we should have waved! 🤣Thanks so much for watching!😀❤
@pugmahone8 ай бұрын
Jim (@greylion629) - do you boat/fish local or just in FL?
@greylion6298 ай бұрын
@@pugmahone I have a 3800 Tiara in North point Marina in Winthrop Harbor IL
@pugmahone8 ай бұрын
That'll work
@MarkandMel10 ай бұрын
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?
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
Thank you! You are correct, it felt sooo good to get moving! We were Flotilla 13. Thanks for watching and commenting!❤🚤⛵⚓
@freedomwanderer916 ай бұрын
I am enjoying watching your travels. Awesome.
@cruisingandromeda6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Comments like this keep us going! Thanks! :)
@greensdreams10 ай бұрын
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!
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
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!❤😀
@greensdreams10 ай бұрын
Which bridge in Chicago is only 17'9"?
@cruisingandromeda9 ай бұрын
DuSable Bridge at Michigan Ave.
@scottsbaitsandtackle3 ай бұрын
Fished a lot of those areas and the Kankakee. I live near Kankakee!!!
@cruisingandromeda3 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching :)
@scottsbaitsandtackle3 ай бұрын
Used to pick up steel coils from a lot of those places along the river and canal!
@cruisingandromeda3 ай бұрын
So much history around here! Thank you for sharing :)
@scottbrazill14424 ай бұрын
Love your content😁fyi its pronounced Kan-kuh-kee river...stay safe you guys!
@cruisingandromeda4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Scott! Some of these names are so hard! lol :)
@TsterMr63Ай бұрын
We also pronounce the first "S" in Des Plaines, as in the "dess planes" river. Not like Des Moines, IA where it's silent.
@scottsbaitsandtackle3 ай бұрын
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.
@cruisingandromeda3 ай бұрын
Nice! Thank you for watching :)
@mccluremetalworks42146 ай бұрын
Andromeda looked close on a few of those bridges,im going back and catching up on older videos,just came to this episode
@cruisingandromeda6 ай бұрын
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 :)
@goodbless60948 ай бұрын
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...
@cruisingandromeda8 ай бұрын
Well said! Thank you for watching and following along!
@carpediemwithLesli10 ай бұрын
What program did you use to show the travel progress? Around 1:35 minute and such. Thanks!
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
I use a poly line function in our editing software.
@Ddrhodes1232 ай бұрын
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.
@cruisingandromeda2 ай бұрын
Great explanation! Thank you! I recently just watched a documentary on this :) Thank you for sharing !
@MSG37267 ай бұрын
My boat is 13’8” and I still cringe going under a bridge that’s 20’
@cruisingandromeda7 ай бұрын
Us too! No matter what the chart says or what's posted on the bridge it always seems tight! Thanks for following along!
@36offshore10 ай бұрын
Hope your not just getting to Joliet today it's cold! October ok still cold 🥶
@cruisingandromeda10 ай бұрын
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!😄❤
@guyrhodes3 ай бұрын
Us locals say "Dess Planes" and "Kane-kah-key."
@cruisingandromeda3 ай бұрын
Thank you! We do struggle with this lol :)
@spidergawd684 ай бұрын
Nice vid! FYI, you do pronounce the first S in Des Plaines. Also, Kankakee is pronounced Can-kah-KEE.
@cruisingandromeda4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! We appreciate you joining us! :)
@scottsbaitsandtackle3 ай бұрын
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.
@cruisingandromeda3 ай бұрын
yes! it was crazy to see! Thank you for watching :)
@ezee2daz4 ай бұрын
I think it's th second bridge was the one they jumped in the Blues Brothers. 95th st bridge
@cruisingandromeda4 ай бұрын
Oh COOL! I didn't realize that! Thank you for sharing :)
@cbmutubeАй бұрын
What date is this filmed? Looks like September rather than December
@cruisingandromedaАй бұрын
Hello! This was Late October last year. We left Ludington Michigan on October 11th. Thank you for joining us! :)
@bradleyniven79423 ай бұрын
Dez-Plains and Cane-Ka-Kee for anyone wondering
@cruisingandromeda3 ай бұрын
Thank you! We struggle with this...might be a Michigan thing lol :)
@David-j5w9e4 ай бұрын
Illinois river if your in Joliet
@cruisingandromeda4 ай бұрын
Thank you! It was so interesting how many different named rivers we went through. We learned SO much! Thank you for watching :)
@bill1936Ай бұрын
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.
@cruisingandromedaАй бұрын
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 :)