Day 48 - South Haven to New Buffalo - August 23, 2011

We were not sure we would be able to travel today as the weather forecast was for thunderstorms and high wind and waves.  We decided to get up early and do one last weather check and make our decision at that point.  The morning forecast for south of South Haven was milder than it had been the night before, so we started the engines and got moving before the sun was actually over the horizon.  We are anxious to get to Chicago and the three to five day weather forecasts don’t look good for travel.  If we are in New Buffalo we are just under 40 miles from our reserved dock at Burnham Harbor in Chicago.

Along the way to New Buffalo we planned a stop in St. Joseph for fuel.  As we have been making our calls ahead for diesel prices, we found that Pier 33 in St. Joseph was much cheaper than anyone else in the area.  The fuel price was good, but they were further up the river than we had originally thought and the water depth (or lack thereof) made us a bit uncomfortable.  We traveled quite a distance with the depth gauge reading only 4 to 5 feet.  The detour to St. Joseph took just over an hour, but all three fuel tanks are now full.

            Miles: 48.1      Bridges: 6        Locks: 0