well, here i sit on this little island in the middle sturgeon.

after an hour an ten minutes of paddling im sitting here, stuck again, at 8:15am. ahhh, the agony of defeat.

the wind never did break last night and got worse as i got here. it was a white knuckle paddle to just get this far.

the river is only 2 miles away now but it might as well be 1000 miles away. either way, i wont be getting there anytime soon.

this island has been a campsite before so it wouldnt be terrible if i got stuck here overnight.

it just hailed...#4 buckshot size.

ive been here 7 hours now and it finally seems to have calmed down a bit. im going for it.

just as i make the corner all hell breaks loose again. i would have been screwed if i was on the big lake when it hit...including two nice snow squalls. what a rush!

even though it took me 2 days to cross sturgeon i still consider it a major accomplishment...considering the conditions i was dealt.

tomorrow i WILL make it to LLC!!!!!!