Distance 30.5 Km [448 km] Portages 0 Lining 10 If the Queen had her “annus horribilis” in 1992 we had our “diem horribilis” today. If I never see the Swan River in Northern Saskatchewan again it will be far too…
Day 18
Distance 30 km [417.5 km] A day of tactical decisions. Woke early as usual, following a night of continuous rain, the rain appeared to be easing but there was a strong headwind and white caps so we decided to wait.…
Day 17
Distance 0 km [387.5 km] I woke as always about 6am and luxuriated in being able to stay in the tent reading till 8am. Loving my Kindle. Got up and did the mountain of washing we have accumulated, mostly mine.…
Day 16
Distance 23km [387.5 km] Woke at the usual 6am to a cloudy but still morning, packed and on water by 8am. Good paddle on flat water through a series of islands. We saw two white de Havilland Beavers come into…
Day 15
Distance 41.5 km [364.5 km] Midsummer -Longest Day Woke at 6am to another beautiful day, best of all no wind. We were on the water before 8am, blue sky, warm sun and masses of cirrus clouds – does this mean…
Day 14
Distance 34km [323 km] Reindeer Lake really turned it on, after yesterday battling strong headwinds for 16km we awoke this morning to beautiful blue skies and a zephyr which dropped off to total calm for most of the day and…
Day 13
Distance 16 hard won km [289 km] A difficult day. We were up by 6am and already a moderate headwind was blowing. On the water by 8am and paddled about 7km, reached a section where we were required to paddle…
Day 12
Distance 18 [273 km] Woke up to a beautiful still morning. Took us till almost 8am to catch up on last nights jobs of maps and journal etc. On the water by 8.30am, great paddle the 10 km or so…
Day 11
Distance 27 + 8 km [255 km] Portages 1 Rapids 0 Lining 11 A day of mixed events. On water by 8.30am. The water was like glass giving the illusion of just slipping over the surface of a mirror and…
