Here is a picture of the inside of the windmill that we visited in Fulton (pictured in a previous blog) while we were buzzing around in Ray's car. All of gears are made of wood because they last much longer than any other material and are lubricated with animal fats (pig, horse, bison, etc) because mineral based lubricants would soak into the wood and ruin it.

We pulled into Sunset Marina in Rock Island, IL about 12:30 after dodging barges and speeding up to make lock openings. Another very windy day (20-30 mph) that makes the locks a lot of fun. Tomorrow we have to get as far as Keokuk, IA because many of the marinas that are within our normal daily travel distance of 60-70 miles are too shallow. The floods of this past summer caused a lot of shoaling in the harbors, and they are not planning to dredge until next spring.

We finally have a choice of two TV stations that we can pull in on our glomex antenna and there is a free wi-fi network that is pretty fast, so life is good this afternoon.