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Fort Plain fireworks

Canal mainenance workshop, Lock 20

Fort Plain 4th of July

Intrepid John

We met another intrepid cruiser at lock 15; John. John is cruising from Chicago to Cocoa Beach, Florida in this Grumman canoe. He started in Lake Michigan but got hit by a bad storm. John said, "Lake Michigan tried to kill me." After that, he trucked the canoe to Buffalo, NY and the Erie Canal.

He plans to go to Florida 100% on ICW waterways. He has a 2.5 hp outboard that he says makes his canoe go at 11 mph. That's twice as fast as Tarwathie under power!!!

John sets up a tent each night wherever he's at.

John's real secret is an 8 foot long tiller extension for his motor (see it in the picture.) He says that when sitting in the back of the canoe, he makes 3mph tops, but when sitting at the center of bouancy, the boat almost planes.

John is no beginner at adventure. He rode a bicycle from Florida to Los Angeles.