Weekend fun

This weekend we visited my folks & found out Columbus had landed in Grafton, IL. Actually, the Columbus replica ships were scheduled to be in Alton, IL, but due to the Corps lowering the water level, they had to dock in Grafton instead. Sunday we took the kids up through Portage d'Sioux and crossed the river on the Grafton Ferry (3 times total) to see the ships.

Dad was going to sail up to Grafton from Portage to meet up for dinner, but only got up to the mouth of the Illinois River & decided there was too much activity to tie up at Grafton. He headed back to Portage & we crossed the river again to pick him up for dinner. Dinner was at the Fin Inn. That was pretty cool. They have huge aquariums with native fish & others for your dining entertainment. Here's what we saw in the waiting room:



After a short wait, we got a table with an aquarium with these enormous catfish & gar.