Day 244 08/06/2010
It took a late-night / early-morning effort, but I had to take advantage of a decent connection to finally get the blog up to date. Be sure to take a quick look at days 241 to 244 to see what's been going on. Daily Stats Start: 8:00 AM - Fayette, MI (Fayette State Park) Finish 1:30 PM - Park Place of the North Campground (Escanaba, MI) Time: 5:30 hours Daily dist: 21 miles Total dist: 4500+ Companions: None Weather: Partly cloudy, north wind, 70’s Notes: Ran an empty kayak again After the forty mile grind the other day it was nice to put in a simple twenty mile day today. The paddling wouldn’t have been all that exceptional except for the fact that by crossing Big Bay de Noc (10 miles) then Little Bay de Noc (6 miles) I put the last two major crossings of the trip behind me. Crossings (rather than coastal paddles) leave you a bit more exposed than coastal tours and as a result require a bit more attention. It’s nice to know that for the rest of the trip I can keep the relative safety of land nearby.  Quite a mob saying farewell today After waking the boys up so they could wave farewell (for now) from the dock I turned the boat west and pulled twenty miles over the next five and a half hours to the private campground where my parents had relocated camp and were waiting for me. Upon my arrival we discovered that, instead of a nice sand beach, the campground has a “boardwalk” (with a couple muddy sections missing) that leads a few hundred feet to the lake.  Boardless boardwalk Beth (the TV reporter that had talked to us yesterday) had hoped to get a couple more shots of me arriving on the water but it was just not meant to be. She did get a few shots of my dad and I carrying the boat up from the lake and recommended a couple places in town where we could get a good fish fry (it was Friday after all). Just after she left a newspaper reporter arrived so we sat back down for another quick interview before we hauled the Ikkuma the rest of the way to camp on my Dad’s truck. After getting cleaned up we did run into town for dinner and to make copies of the last maps and to pick up the last of the food I’ll need to reach Green Bay and the end of the Great Lakes segment of this trip.  It works well until you come to a crowded sidewalk CommentsRandy Orchard 08/07/2010 7:00:26 am Jake , glad to hear you are doing fine. Sorry to hear that you are leaving MI waters but glad for you that you are that much closer to home eh?....Did you ever see escanaba in da moonlight? a little yooper huumer eh? Aaron Stachovak 08/07/2010 8:00:06 am We know of da Escanaba moonlight down here in WI too - don't ya know eh - :) Leave a Reply | Best of the Blog
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