Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Woke up to grey skies but calm. Had coffee and oatmeal and packed up camp. Kinda dawdled a little...as long as I'm back to my car sometime before dark, there's no real rush. On the water by 930. It sprinkled on and off while I paddled and portaged my way back to what passes for civilization these days. Back to the car around 130...and once I had everything loaded up, it rained pretty hard. Drove into Ely and showered, then went over to Insula for dinner. The waitress asked me if I got caught in the rain and I told her "Nope, just had my first hot shower in 13 days, and now I'm gonna get ALL the food!" She laughed and a good time was had by all.

Rained so hard on my way back to Duluth that almost had to pull over. Could hardly see the road. With my new found tent issues, I think I chose the right day to come out!

I feel pretty good about this trip. It was not what I planned, but I made 13 days and thoroughly enjoyed myself.