Paddlng 2:30:00 [3]
Canoe trip with the Tiny and Mick clans. See Bash’s log for great pics.
3 legged lake to Spider Lake to Gooseneck Bay.
Nice weather and very nice paddling, until about an hour before the end where we saw nasty clouds roll up and could hear thunder in the distance.
As we saw a teepee on the shore, I slapped my forehead and remembered that the little bag I forgot had my TP in it. I was able to paddle up to a cottager hat in hand and they gave me a roll but declined my offered $20, before we dashed for camp.
We made it in and threw camp up fast under biblical sky and booming thunder, but it blew past pretty fast and we re-emerged to set up camp properly. Kids were great!
I could do without my missing headlamp, e-book and solar charger, but the Leatherman was missed when my yoke broke on the first portage.
I managed to whittle a splint later with a small knife I borrowed from Mick, and Larura kindly traded me a headlamp for my backup flashlight.
I also got cell signal, and was able to download the book I was reading to my phone’s Kindle app. The phone lasted the whole trip on airplane mode with lots of reading.
That first portage was a bit odd. I had the yoke break on the Cedarstrip boat so it was a painful one, and left it and my pack as I ran back to get the big boat and another load. When we got back I couldn’t find my pack. Turns out anoher group had loaded it into their boat, and were heading out!