Day 8 - Grand Rapid and Sucher's campsite

We got an early start on the river (7am). The day is the most beautiful day yet. Saw more bald eagle, heck, I've been seeing bald eagle everyday now. We paddled a good 25 miles, passed thru 2 dams (aka 2 portages). The dam we passed thru is in the town of Grand Rapid. Supposedly, the paper mill that owns the dam would give us a free portage taxi. However, idiot me didn't write down their phone number so when we got to the portage point, we couldn't contact them. After an hour of fumbling around, one of the local river trail angel, Heath Smith, gave us a portage ride and afterward he gave us a ride to "town and country" for a good lunch. The rest of the river after the dam has risen at least by 5 feet. We got lost in a circle and made a couple of cut-thru shortcut. Ended the day with a nice solar shower and was able to sleep in my hammock for the night.

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longitude: -93.438441
latitude: 47.187529





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