We left our
catfish lagoon headed for another windy day. We started out alright, but the wind picked up before
long. It took us hours to make a
few miles headed south into a strong head wind. We stopped for a break on the upriver side of a dike, on a
little spit of sand that was more mud than land. Since it was a sunny, warm day and we were getting nowhere
fast, we decided to call it a day just after noon.
We
paddled through heavy chop to get around the dike and landed just on the other
side on a small, vegetated island.
After setting up camp up in the trees we spent the afternoon looking for
cool rocks, reading Huck Finn and playing with Lilly. We had big plans to wash clothes, take a bath and clean out
the canoe, but the sunshine and relaxation got the better of us and we hit the
sack that night after eating two dinners and doing no chores. We were at mile 903 and had only gone
16 miles.
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