The next morning we saw some looper boats heading south about 7AM. They had chosen to make the 5:30 AM lock through. We followed them for the day to Peoria.
There they go! 
Sunrise 
Had to catch up!
You can see the Illinois river becoming more rural. We saw a number of bald eagles. We are not use to seeing this many during one day. It was neat!
Bald Eagle 
Never saw this many eagles together
We also encountered migrating pelicans. They were collecting on a small lake off of the river. Probably decided who would be leading during the next flight south.
We had no locks to go through today. We had heard that any marina in Peoria would be a bit shallow. We went into Peoria Boat Club and had to dig our way into the marina due to lack of instructions by the dockmaster. However once in they were very helpful getting us into our slip. The dockmaster even took us to the VFW for “Taco Tuesday”!
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