Another great day! We left Havana around 9:00 a.m. We had not yet decided how far to go and agreed to play it by ear. We passed Beardstown where I had tied up for the night a number of years ago. The town dock is no longer, it was destroyed by one of the annual floods. We passed a number of tow boats which are really "pushers". When passing or overtaking a tow boat, you are requested to radio the tow with your plans. If passing on port side, you are passing on one whistle, or in short "on the one", and when passing on starboard it is two whistles or in short "on the two".
Many of the houses and cottages are built up high so that they are protected during high water.
Towards the southern part of the Illinois, we passed the old paddle wheel boat. It is said that this boat is being restored. We could however see no sign of restoration and the paddle wheeler looked no different from the last time we passed.
Since there is no marina between Havanna and Grafton, we planned to anchor for the night. In checking a number of other options, we found that Mel's Illinois Riverdock Restaurant had a floating dock for his restaurant customers. The restaurant was located near mile marker 21 - some 99 miles south of Havanna. We arrived ar 7:00 p.m., tied up and enjoyed a greast dinner. I had the special - a 2 inch smoked porkchop.
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