MAY 10 TUESDAY DAY 26 ON THE WATER – Nobody said this was going to be easy, least of all me. In fact the only thing I have heard is I must be crazy and for sure have lost my mind. I woke up to rain this morning and the wind was still blowing out of the E/SE. Not good. I laid there for an hour or so and just had to attempt to make some headway. I paddled around the corner and went nowhere for 30 minutes. I let the wind blow me back around the point and went and sat down and had my breakfast. Once again yogurt and mini frosted wheat. I have a few Runa Energy drinks that Cam got me on to left so I had one of them.
Since I have had no cell service since Saturday, I decided to go for a hike and get up high on a hill. Once there I had good cell service, let Cam know via text that I might have to stay put for a day or so, checked the news and checked the weather but really didn’t learn anything. Once I was done I headed back, but for some reason I head due West instead of South the way I came. It became apparent after an hour or so, I was confused and discombobulated and was not where I wanted to be. I returned to the top of a hill, checked the map and sure enough, I was about 3 to 4 miles North of where I needed to be. I managed to get down on the shoreline and walked it back to the kayak.
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Once the kayak was packed again, I headed around the point and sure enough the wind was in fact blowing over my right shoulder. I got the umbrella out and went about 8 miles with it, before it just gave out. Unfortunately I did not think ahead or I would have had another close enough to grab but the 2 more umbrellas I have were tied up front on the kayak. I paddled until the wind decided to come directly out of the South, which meant it was pounding me on the right side of the kayak and it wasn’t long and I was wet, the kayak had water in it and that meant that was the end of the day for me.
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I put my red long johns on, got things squared away, got the water out of the craft, consolidated the food now into 2 food bags
instead of 3, did what I could do to get ready for in the morning. I got chilled to the bone with being wet and the wind blowing so have had the cook stove on in the tent, which works great.
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I still may make it by the end of Thursday, if not for sure on Friday. Probably better, I am hoping that Sat morning someone will help me and put the kayak on the boat trailer and take me around to the boat ramp below the dam on the river. Perhaps if I get there soon enough, that can happened Fri, then I can go into town and restock up and get back on the water Fri not too late in the afternoon or first thing Sat morning.
All in all with approaching the end of the 4th week on water, I feel like I have planned well, have not taken any chances, have dealt with what has been presented me and have not put myself at risk. Obviously I have no control over the wind/weather and am trying to plan accordingly and to make the best of it, it is what it is.