Last Day at Millpoint

Sunday October 9, 2011
Millpoint Campground
Peoria, Illinois

This Sunday morning David went out for a run and
amazingly came back with no pictures at all.

While he was gone, I did my first hour of yoga
since breaking my ankle.  It went very well and
my ankle was actually much better afterwards.
It felt like a regular ankle.  No limping at all.
This seemed to have been better therapy than
the elastic band exercises I was given to do.  I
noticed no difference doing them for 3 weeks.
So I am prescribing an hour of yoga every other day.

David wanted to get some things done around the
coach in preparation for leaving tomorrow but
I wanted one final paddle on the river.

So he did his thing and I did mine.
Mine was more picturesque.  :-)

He got my picture waving good bye as
I walked around the corner to the canal put in.

A sail boat was there to greet me at the
mouth of the canal

Fall is evident in the colors along the shore.

There are 3 canals in Millpoint.
The put in we use is at the end of one.
But I’d never been down the other two.
This was my last chance so
On my way back I paddled down them

They were full of the leaves of fall.

And look what I found at the end of
one.  An old barge formerly used
to dredge these very canals.  It was turned
out “to pasture” when dredging became illegal.

Notice the blade on the stern and the winch on the bow
(that is right isn’t it Paul?)

 

I returned after a few hours
and then it was back to reading and waxing.

which continued on into the late
afternoon

and as the sun went down

the waxer put away his tools

and the reader finished the book in the dark.

On to our 4th and last “I” state tomorrow, Indiana. 
Winnona will no doubt fly down
the highway now with her new shiny finish!!