As you can see from the time above, we’ve been waiting a few hours. Time to get under way again. As I said Monday, before we reached the Esna Lock, we would first pass through a narrow channel on the west side of the Esna Lock Dam. And if don’t know otherwise, you might think this channel is a lock. I know I cetainly did.

But as you approach this channel you’ll notice that there are no gates here. It’s just a straigh pa...