Being in town does have it niceties. The Landing Inn we stayed at was great. Our spirit was refreshed. I were able to get us 2 canvas chair at the TrueValue in town and able to feed us a giant breakfast at a little quaint diner called the "rose garden". Got on the river at 9:15 and paddled for 15 miles. We spotted the Matt's crew napping along side of the river bank. We decided to have lunch where they were resting. When lunch was done, we decided that we should proceed together for safety reasons. For the next 17 miles, we paddled against head wind just like yesterday. Also like yesterday, not only are we fighting head wind, the river pools up into a 1 mile wide, 14 miles long lake with no current. The situation was grim, but our spirit was not crushed as bad. We can see that the Matt's team also have to work as hard as we do. When we made it pass lock 12, we were pretty much exhausted and it got dark (it takes forever to get pass the lake) so we made camp near a bridge in the city of Dubuque. Tonight, the fireflies really comes out and lights up the woods around us.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.511920,-90.641620+(MyPosition)
longitude: -90.641620
latitude: 42.511920
accuracy: 5 m
altitude: 12 m
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