Day 11: Sn 9/23- Bath time

As we were about to fall asleep Saturday night we finally thought to check the maps to see where we were heading the next day. Unfortunately our options were too short, 21 miles, or too long, 36 miles. As we were half asleep already, 21 miles seemed like a pleasant break and we left it at that. The next morning the alarm went off at 7, like usual, but we kept right on sleeping. By the time we roused ourselves it was close to 8 and our chances of doing 36 miles were slim to none anyway.
So, we got underway leisurely and left close to 10, aiming for Scott's Rapids campsite. We realized too late that this set us up for a string of shorter days due to the placement of dnr campsites along this stretch of the river. Oh well, we figured we could make up for those few 20-25 mile days down a ways.
The day didn't take long at all and the river presented no real challenges. We were paddling through mostly farmland and spotted a few cows down by the water, but not a whole lot more. We did note that we had been seeing an absurd number of bald eagles each day.
Since we had such a short, and warm, day, we decided it was time for another bath once we got to camp. The site was thankfully mud free, along a rocky stretch. Aaron made a fire as soon as we got there, we changed into our suits and pretty quickly decided it wasn't nearly as warm out as we had thought. The water was chilly, to say the least and we went as quick as possible to avoid brain freeze and other unpleasantness. I had big plans of washing some clothes, but the ten minutes it took to wash me was more than enough time in the water. We hightailed it back to shore to shiver by the fire.