20180917 Roy E. Claverie, missed it at Morris, IL; can't see anything at Channahon

I drove to Morris, IL to catch this pushboat going downstream. While I ate lunch, I tracked its progress and when it was getting close to where I wanted to catch it, I was done with lunch anyhow and took off to get it.

Ingram Barge

1237: 265.8
1239: 265.8
1249: 265.1
1243: 265.1
1247: 265.1
1251: 264.5
1253: 264.5
1259: 263.8

I never saw it. I went back to the bar and grill where I ate lunch to access the WiFi again. It showed it was where I just left the river!

When I went to the riverside park, I asked someone who had been setting there if he saw a tow go by. He said: "yes ,two of them." He estimated that they had gone by in the last 20 minutes. So the web site does not show the location in real time. There is evidently a 5-20 minute delay.

I did determine for future trips that this building seems to be an xfinitywifi hot spot. And the parking lot behind it is free.

While I was by the river, I did hear a train (CSX or IAIS) honk its way through Morris. It sounded like it was going westbound.



20180920    1626:  75.7
20180921    1419:  200.7 on Upper Mississippi.  It was 20.5 at 0500. So was it still on the Illinois at 5am?