Sailing along...

on the Calumet-Sag Channel.  Lots of graffiti.  Interesting.  The Cal-Sag Channel had its beginnings from a small stream called Stony Creek.

Reading from the Chicago Triangle Tour site, One remarkable historical fact of this section of the canal occurred in 1989 when barges began to strike something under the water.  Upon investigation, it was discovered that there was a veritable underwater island of submerged cars.  Although most of the vehicles had been dumped for fraudulent purposes, a six-year-old missing person investigation was ended when one of the cars turned up with a dead body in the trunk.  This resulted in the conviction of several individuals for murder and accessory to murder, including the chief of the Willow Springs police.

A nice long leisurely ride down the channel and our stomachs were calling for lunch...

The founder of Lawrence's, Lawrence Schweig, opened this fish store at the bridge on Canal Street in 1950. 

They sell domestically caught shrimp, coming from the Gulf of Mexico and is harvested by American based companies in the southern United States.

Welcome!

And it was a nice little place to stop with the boat and enjoy our lunch in the open.

Delicious...

 

 Meanwhile the geese gave us a little entertainment.  Tried to catch one in action but they do their antics so fast, it's hard.  They seem to wash their backs by turning over and doing a somersault in the water.  When upside down, they wave their feet up in the air!

More to come...