In case you ever find yourself on the river, here's what you do when you approach a lock. You get on the vhf radio, switch to channel 14 and say "Lock #10, this is southbound pleasure-craft request wait time to enter the lock."
Another bit of advice that we received from Rob and Kate (the crew of the Easy Living - remember them?) is that if you see a barge approaching a lock, gun it and get ahead of them. Locks are first come, first serve and it takes barges about 2 hours for a barge to get through a lock.
It's such a beautiful day! Nice and sunny with a decent breeze. The best part is that it was cool last night - made for good sleeping.
Oh! Also - I appreciate the calls and texts, but I have AT&T ... I dropped about 70% of my calls in Chicago, the third largest city in the country, so I can almost guarantee you're not going to catch me in a bubble of service on the river. Email is the best way to get ahold of me.
Also, you have a Blackberry that is more jittery and dysfunctional that a meth addict that's been tweaking for two days.
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