Day 16 - Not Follow the Wind Day

We got up at 8am today, decided to dry our stuffs out. We checked out of Kelly Inn at 11am, which coincide with the time Chipotle opens. Each of us had a nice taco, then headed out to the St Cloud dam. We were fortunate to have met our angel of the day, Rosie, as she gave us a lift thru the portage. The dam portage is at least a quarter mile long. We put in at 1pm. As we paddled for the next hour, I could see the lack of enthusiasm in Jeffrey's paddle styles. It is partly understandable as we were dealing with a 25 mph head wind. Today, we did not "follow the wind". The trip is definitely going against the wind. The weather also predicted 50% chance of rain. So, I decided to hit the first available campsite and setup camp. We then went thru all of our stuffs and dry everything out. By 5pm, the rain was teasing us. By 6pm, thunders went crazy all around us. I figure might as well take it easy today and try to make it up tomorrow. So in all, we did like 5 miles :( and made our stop at Putman's Pasture canoe campsite.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=45.504911,-94.140179+(MyPosition)
longitude: -94.140179
latitude: 45.504911

Setup to deal with crappy rainy weather



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