Day #42: It's 70nm to the Franklin Lock. We hope to make the last opening at 1900 hrs. So, unlike yesterday, we plan out the whole trip. Surprising even ourselves we made it to Franklin with 30 minutes to spare. What all our diligent planning had overlooked however was the existence of a beautiful little park, right before the Lock, with its own eight slip marina. At $24/night, including electric, it was too good to pass up. Yesterday we didn't plan at all and breezed through the locks. Today we planned the trip to death yet still missed the last lock opening. With Nellie's air conditioning on high we'll have to ponder what went wrong. 69.8nm today and 895nm down. DBH
