Day 247

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad

Daily Stats
Start: 5:30 AM - Marinette, WI (Seagull Bar)
Finish 11:00 AM - Oconto, WI
Time: 5:30 hours
Daily dist: 21 miles
Total dist: 5000+
Companions: None
Weather: Partly cloudy, wind light and variable, 80’s
Notes: Considered running all the way to Green Bay but decided not to.

Ahh… Today was a very good day for paddling, partly cloudy, warm, and very little wind. With such nice conditions the miles were flying by and before I knew it I was poised offshore from the Oconto breakwater. Oconto was my destination for the day but it was only 10:00 AM when I made it there. With only about 24 more miles to go, I seriously considered staying on the water another seven hours to make it all the way to Green Bay today. The hitch was that all the family that had planned on me arriving tomorrow (many driving in from out of town) would be completely unprepared for an early arrival.

You have to love this kind of calm

Figuring a few hours of rest is a good thing too, I landed at a small community park (the only sand beach for miles actually) and found a picnic table in the shade on which to kill time and go over maps planning my run up the Fox River. First I made a call to my mother to let her know that, in fact, I wouldn’t be arriving in Green Bay today. Just as I was hanging up a van rolled up, and what do you know, it was my mom’s cousin Ann and her husband Tom. Apparently Tom had the day off of work so they decided to take a road trip to see if they could catch me. It was a long shot, but amazingly (at the last spot they thought would be worth checking) they managed to find me. We had a nice visit getting caught up on a bunch of family happenings before they had to get back on the road for home.

Mom's cousin Ann and her husband Tom managed to find me today.

The rest of the afternoon was spent ironing out the logistics of rendezvous with family in Green Bay. Now all there is left to do is get some rest and wake up ready to make it happen tomorrow.