Sunset at Rice Lake last night

 

 

We left the Rice Lake anchorage at 8:30 a.m., on schedule and arrived at Lock 18 (Hastings) a few minutes after 9. We had planned on doing 11 locks today but got held up at Lock 10 around 3 p.m. The staff were operating locks 10, 9 and 8 and we had just missed them on their way to Lock 9. They had to take boats from Lock 10 to Lock 8 and then bring boats back to Lock 10 that had been waiting at Lock 8. Time-wise we could have gone through Lock 10 but no further and we were advised this was the best lock to stay at. It had been a long day with lots of locks so it wasn't too hard to stop.

Scenery and weather conditions were a repeat of yesterday. An easy supper of pizza and beer.