After a short 3 km paddle through calm marshy waters we arrive at Lower Beveridges Lock #33
Originally today we hoped to go as far as Poonamalie Lock #32, which would see us finish the big lakes. My initial calculations were 24 km on the straight Nav channel, so 27 closer to shore. It was ambitious and I think we could have done it if we weren’t in a headwind today.
When we got to the lock and I got our my maps and route stats turns out we were attempting 30 km by Nav channel, at least 33 staying closer to shore. That’s almost double some of our earlier days!
As it was we did 20km today, with a nice long afternoon lunch in town and we averaged 3.2 km/hour with a headwind.
For beginners we’re pretty proud of ourselves. The tops of our shoulders are pretty sore tonight.
I wasn’t expecting much from this kind of out of the way lockstation, so I was surprised that the lockmaster is the friendliest we’ve met so far (which is saying something since they’re all friendly!)
We even got shower access! Wow. First shower in 5 days. Was worth the detour!
The lockstation is lovely and full of history as they all are.
