A portage a day keeps the doctor away.
I’m heating up. This is my second day in a row where I’ve had to portage. Today’s portage was around the Knutson Dam at the east end of Cass Lake.
Cass Lake was an absolute gem by the way. The open water crossing was ~5 miles which was my largest so far. These are the moments I really appreciate being able to stand up in my kayak because I’m just out there baking in the sun with no where else to go until I get to the other side.
After Cass Lake I made it to the “Meadows” rest area about another 5 miles downstream. The “Meadows” is an overgrown gravel turn about from a forest service road where mosquitoes like to hang out on Friday nights.
Fortunately I was able to get my tent up and inside my bug net before it got dark.
Tomorrow’s a big day. And the weather seems to be low risk for wind and rain from what I’ve seen so far which is a big deal. I’ll be paddling Lake Winnibigoshish, which includes ~15 mile open water crossing. That’s as many miles in continuous open water as I paddled the entire second day. To be fair though it seems like I can still take a pretty direct route and touch land in ~10 miles.
My how the River has changed.
