The ground crew saw the kayakers off at Long
Island around 9:45 am. Everybody's physically
tired but definitely keen to reach Ottawa. It's
going to be such an awesome acheivement!
In no time, the kayakers arrived at Black Rapids
Locks. They locked through and unloaded for some
tasty burgers and sausages dropped off by Robinson's
Independent. By 1 pm, the kayakers were back on
the water heading east to the capital city.
They only have two more locks left to go through
from this point -- Hogs Back and Hartwell. We've
lucked out in terms of not being affected by the
power outage. One of the lockmasters was telling
us that it was taking 1.5 hours to lock through
boats during the outage, versus the 15 or so minutes
that it typically takes. That would have meant
a lot of portaging!
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