Day 19 - Greedy Barge & The Teasing Wind

We got up when the first ray of sun light shined on us. At 5:30am we started paddling until 12 noon when we arrived to Lock #2. The greedy barge carrying 9 long containers taking up all the space in the lock (the tow has to backout so they could close the lock, the tow boat then goes into the lock later by itself), making us wait for 2 hours to get through. By this time, 2pm, the wind started picking up. We got our ass kicked badly as we could not go any faster since wind keep pushing us back. I've figured out the wind's gender. It's a female. At time, she is so gentle while caressing us making us feel so good. And then, the minute we let our guard down while feeling good, she slaps us hard on the face with her cold strong blow. Just like a woman, the wind is so temperamental. We made camp at 2:30ish when we tried so hard to paddle but couldn't get any further. We figured why fight with a "female" wind, let's just give in and call it a day. The minute we pulled over, finished setting up our tents, the wind died off. She's such a teaser! We camp at mile marker 806 today.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=44.695815,-92.707075+(MyPosition)
longitude: -92.707075
latitude: 44.695815
Greedy barge

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