Cargill and Living Lands and Waters combined forces today to pull a houseboat out of the river near New Boston IL. It sank two years ago. http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/article_5d4b6166-9128-11de-8797-001cc4c002e0.html There are a couple of pictures with this story too.
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Say you are just out for a cruise and suddenly, you are very very hungry. If the Burger Boat is not nearby, then it is time to pull into shore and get a bite. Here are some restaurants where you can dock your boat and go on in. GO FISH This new entry is up [...]
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Now that it is mid March and the snow finally melted here, we went out to survey how the dock fared. We have a plastic dock that can be reconfigured in several forms. We found that our home made gangway had fallen off the dock into the river. But not to worry, the river is [...]
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