im at q camp 2 at 4:45. toughest paddling only day of my entire life...all 6 straight hours of it. kawnipi was not kanice! it was a real battle today. i paddled in stuff today i would never ever consider during a cold water season. i met my goal anyway...to finish kawnipi.

while paddling across the opening of mckenzie bay i saw a huge smoke plume directly to the south, a long ways away. must be a new fire somewhere.

i should be on sturgeon tomorrow. looking forward to the smaller poets chain waters tomorrow.

saw another golden today. huge birds!

saw a few canoes today but they seem to be thinning out the farther i get in.

this campsite is a 0.5 but it works for me.

glass calm evening, mixed a drink.

a red is yelling at me now...i turned and looked him in the eyes and said "leave my sh!t alone".

"beer" just popped into my head for the first time since being in. soon enough my love (spoken in homers voice).

it feels like ive been in much longer than i really have.

i think ive made good progress so far.

there is an early bailout trying to tempt me for tomorrow. shut up khashapiwi creek, it isnt going to work.

no big wildlife sightings so far just many merganser families, eagles, beavers, loons, geese, the normal stuff.

its 9/11 and i wonder if anything terrible has happened on this anniversary of that devastating day.

ive gotten much calmer at night now...i believe im in that groove now.

the sounds of the forest machine are as loud as ever now. time to hit the pad.

some pics from the day...