Distance 3km [838km] WOW -happiness is cleanliness, or perhaps just hot water. We had our last night in the tent. We were up about 8am to a grey humid morning, had a breakfast of the last of the pilot biscuits…
Day 45
Our last day “under canvas”. A restless night, I am ready to go home and finding this marking time tedious. Woke to an overcast, smoky day though later it became warm, humid and buggy. After breakfast we went for a…
Day 44
Very pleasant day, cool but sunny. Up late and then had bread, butter and jam for breakfast, its the small things that one misses. I caught up with this journal, and John the maps for the last time. We then…
Day 43
Distance 34.5 + 4.5 km [835km] The day started with great uncertainty, we were awake by 6am but the wind although moderating was still blowing from the north. When we finally got up at 8.30am the wind was a north…
Day 42
Distance – Wind Bound, 0 km We remain wind bound. The day started warm and sunny despite the wind and white caps on the lake however by lunch time the wind had really cranked up and is now blowing non-stop,…
Day 41
Distance – Wind Bound, 0 km It has been sunny on and off all day, it clouds up sprinkles rain then clears up. The wind is very cold and the white caps on Black Lake have not abated so there…
Day 40
Distance 14.5 km [ 796 km] Portages 1 [27] Awoke to a brief shower and “our old friend” the west wind. It was freezing cold and we both felt so despondent we stayed in bed for a further hour. We…
Day 39
Distance 37km [781.5 km] Rapids 5 Portages 0 A big day – This was our last day of running white water on the Fond du Lac. It has been exciting, scary, fun and an enormous learning curve but we are…
Day 38
Distance 6.5 km [744.5 km] Rapids 1 Portages 0 Slept in. Up at 7am, cold and breezy but patches of blue sky promised better things. On the water by 8.30 and through Hawkrock Rapids before 9am. Paddling the three kilometres…
Day 37
Happy Birthday Shona Distance 23 km [738 km ] Rapids 5 Lining 1 Portage 0 It was still raining hard when we woke up but the wind had dropped, we waited until 7pm when it was looking better and had…