MR340 Progress Report

See 9:20pm updates below.

Bryan just called in. Our noble paddlers are maintaining their expected speed of about 6 mph. They made it to Cooley Lake at 1:50, where they were "fine" but hot. Bryan is waiting at the hot, noisy, crowded, cluster(bad word) checkpoint at Lexington (mile marker 316.5) with all the other ground crews. He estimates that Mike and Patrick will check in there by 6.

Jeff has traveled ahead to Grand Pass where he claims to have found a suitable site for camping and putting in.

After Lexington, the boys next check in is at mile marker 293.5 in Waverly. Bryan estimates they'll arrive there by 10:30, assuming a lessening pace. Bryan expects team paddlephiles to make camp at Grand Pass by 2:30am, but he's not real sure yet where Jeff has made camp so that's an even rougher estimate than the others. Grand Pass' mile marker is 272.

In brief, confirmed sightings:

Kaw Point (367.5) at 9:30am tuesday morning.
Cooley Lake (341.5) at 1:50 tuesday afternoon.
UPDATE: Lexington (316.5) at 6:00pm tuesday. (expected at Waverly by 10:10)

I'll update with more info as I receive it. Bryan will expand the trip report with video and pathos at a later date (Lexington McD's had no wifi). He's getting some great footage.

UPDATE: explanation regarding "7th from last." This earlier description was apparently misleading. Sorry. They were only 5-10 minutes behind the leaders and it had more to do with when and where they put in, not that they were falling behind due to some canoeing deficit. The only reason I mentioned it was out of latent guilt for the number of green canoes Julie and I pointed at saying "oh, that's them, right? woo hoo!", then realizing we were wooing at the wrong folks, before we finally saw them.