Last evening we took some photos of Monarch tied to the rough barges in Beardstown, and some sunset shots.
In the morning, we locked through the LaGrange Lock, and then saw the remnants of the Old LaGrange Lock, pictured above.
We know there are agricultural fields beyond the levees that block our view, because we see the grain elevators loading barges. Here, we think soybeans are being loaded. There is a great amount of dust in the air, and these men are using push brooms to sweep the spilled soybeans into the Illinois River.
This is a different way of loading gravel into barges. Dump trucks back down the elevated gangway, and dump their loads into the barge. This seems a slow way to make progress.
At last, the banks are low enough to occasionally see the fields. This one is corn.
People who live here are prepared for high water.
You can cross the Illinois River by car on this ferry.
We anchored for the night at the south tip of Mortland Island, where thousands of noisy birds (which sound like grackles) have roosted.
Last evening we took some photos of Monarch tied to the rough barges in Beardstown, and some sunset shots.
In the morning, we locked through the LaGrange Lock, and then saw the remnants of the Old LaGrange Lock, pictured above.
We know there are agricultural fields beyond the levees that block our view, because we see the grain elevators loading barges. Here, we think soybeans are being loaded. There is a great amount of dust in the air, and these men are using push brooms to sweep the spilled soybeans into the Illinois River.
This is a different way of loading gravel into barges. Dump trucks back down the elevated gangway, and dump their loads into the barge. This seems a slow way to make progress. 
At last, the banks are low enough to occasionally see the fields. This one is corn.
People who live here are prepared for high water.
You can cross the Illinois River by car on this ferry.
We anchored for the night at the south tip of Mortland Island, where thousands of noisy birds (which sound like grackles) have roosted. 
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