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Quetico Trip - Nym, Jessie, Sturgeon, Pine, Pickerel Narrows back to Nym
by HighnDry

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 05/31/2013
Entry & Exit Point: Quetico
Number of Days: 7
Group Size: 1
Part 2 of 5
Part 2: The Adventure Continues -- Rain Rain Blown Away June 1st opened calm and glassy but soon changed. I paddled away from my bucolic point campsite back towards the portage on the Batch side because the sky was grey and potentially threatening. I had a weather radio but the forecast was simply predicting on/off again rain showers, cool temps and winds 10-15km/hr (6.2-9mi/hr) or so....so I paddled on. About equal with the w7 five star campsite on the eastern shore (where the peninsula juts out) I was slammed with driving rain and short 1ft rollers. Nothing terribly tricky but I had to fight it pretty hard to keep the bow pointing down wind. Cut to the end --- I bivvied at the necked down landing campsite halfway down this coast line as I was getting a bit hypothermic and needed to dry out -- I waited for the members of the group that was to meet up with me -- which they did about 3 hours later. Set out again in lighter mist and after wondering about for a bit, finally made it to their campsite, across Batch Bay on the island just outside of the Rapids (Pickerel).