I had a planned stop in Golconda, IL. What I didn't know was that I would be there for the next four days. When I arrived, I picked up my last pre-scheduled package drop off. I got the navigational maps and a replacement sleeping pad because mine had popped about a month ago. I had some maintenance that I wanted to do to my canoe and the paddles. When I got to the paddles, they were much worse than I thought. The large scratches had started to take on water, and the paddles were swelling a bit. It took me a day to dry the paddles even after putting huge gouges in the wood. I then had to epoxy and polyurethane them. The only problem I was in the town of Golconda population 700. The hardware store was woefully understocked. I had to use an inferior epoxy and ended up paying for it. The epoxy had a bad reaction to poly and kept it from drying. It took 3 days for most of it not to be tacky. I hope it holds; I still have a long way to go. Luckily, I found a good person to hang out with.
