Hello everyone, Mr. Frei and Brian are safely ensconced at a campground by Lock #45 on the Rideau Canal. The drive from Lake George took longer than expected, so they were not able to start rowing until 1PM, but managed to do 12.5 miles, which is certainly a respectable first day warmup! Matt Freihofer was an enormous help fitting the boats onto the trailer, and driving the long distance from Lake George to Kingston, Ontario and back in one day.
The locks are all hand-operated, the lock keepers are quite friendly and the scenery is beautiful. They actually made it through 5 locks today, and will try to position themselves tomorrow to be able to make it as far as possible before they close for the day. The locks are open 8:30 AM until 7:30 PM.
The photo below is one of Brian having a delightful dinner of beef stew! This is the first row with an actual stove (thanks to Brian).
Doug Livingston took some great photos of the boats being loaded onto the trailer, which I will post later.
Sweet dreams to Mr. Frei and Brian. and more news tomorrow.
Kathy
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so far I've seen 2 shots of Brian eating. :)
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