Monday, May 15, 2017 The dreaded departure day. The only good thing about leaving is that a much needed shower/sauna was going to take place today. Hardly a justifiable excuse to be paddling out, but it is the best I can come up with. The mood as we paddled out is hard to describe. It was quiet. Somber. Just trying to soak it all in as best as we could because who knows when the next trip will come. As we neared the exit point, we could hear the motor boats. Then we saw them. Then the wakes from them made us adjust our paddling. Then we heard the backing up beeps of construction equipment. Then we heard the jack hammering of some road construction. Then I turned my phone on to all the missed phone calls, voicemails, text messages, emails........... Welcome back to civilization. I can't wait until my next bwca trip.