Chicago To Hammond IN. - 9/23/05

We wanted to leave Chicago on Friday to head south to the Calumet River and start our river portion of the trip, however, weather intervened with high winds and 6-8 ft. waves. We waited until about 1:00 pm to let things die calm down a little which it did but not much. So we made the decision to go for it and make the 12 mile trip to Hammond, Indiana (at the mouth of the Calumet). The waves were larger than we would have liked but we made it okay. The Hammond Marina has 1,100 boat slips - quite impressive.