Locking Through the River Glass

Here goes. Minneapolis downtown, sunset. Freaky. We sit in our tiny watercraft and wait on a green light to enter the first of two locks that will, like elevators and draining bathtubs, carry us down St. Anthony's Falls, the single highest vertical drop on the entire Mississippi River. Once inside, the giant tubs empty out, the gates open and we are home free. Our first 500 miles of the river is history. Now we rest and be among friends. We have paddled non-stop for 20 days under every imaginable sort of worst-case scenario. The kindness of Minnesotans got us through. - RSM
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