DAY 8 (page 2 of 5): Saturday, August 17, 2002

2:42 pm - Joel and the kayakers drift while collecting donations at Moodie's Bay beach

The kayakers left Long Island at 9 am, lunching at Black Rapids Locks. Here we raided the last stashes of brownies and Joe Louis half moons, before loading up on hamburgers and sausages, care of Robinson's Independent.

Then, for the last and final time, everybody loaded into their kayaks for the afternoon paddle into Ottawa. We made a couple of quicks stops: first at Moodie's (or is it "moony's"? ;) Bay beach where we raised a few more dollars for the cause, and then at Dows Lake where some of the road crew members jumped on the pontoon boat to join the fleet.

It was quite a spectacle as the 30+ kayaks made their way through the final curves of the canal, cheering "Kayaking for Cancer"!

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