Day 2 of our trip, and it was a beautiful morning in the Thirty Thousand Islands!
Actually, there are closer to 60,000 islands, but who's counting? I mean, really. Jan hadn't slept in 3 months due to a demanding work schedule, so we let her enjoy the tent for a couple of hours while the rest of us sat on the rocks drinking strong, black coffee, discussing the concept of sustainability and attempting to solve a few major environmental problems.
We had some more great paddling today. These are the Cross Islands - long narrow channels between small cliffy islands. Fun!
Found a huge, beautiful lunch rock. Note the handy little channel at the right for kayak parking.
A few of my routes took us through channels that turned out to be less watery than they appeared on the map. At least we were able to paddle through this one, even though the reeds were well over our heads, and we couldn't see the other paddlers for awhile.
We found one of several great campsites at the north end of Deer Island. Ours had the best harbour, but they all had great flower gardens. (It's wild iris season.) There was also a healthy population of minks here.
As forecast, the weather started to turn by Saturday evening. Tomorrow is supposed to be a small craft warning with heavy rain. Oh goodie.