Even more wind at 5 am. Took a nap. Awoke up at 7. Still windy. All night it was windy too. I’m on a point facing onto it, so no bugs. But paddling east across three and four and even horseshoe was not easy that day. I met a group on the portage to Insula, and Dave gave me some tips on where to camp and fish on Insula.

The breeze and the sound of rapids at the highest point of the portage is nice.

I battled the wind to northern Insula. For the day, wind was behind me for 10 minutes, 30 it was sideways, but the rest was head on.

I went through the channel north of “the rock” as water was high enough. A campsite on the island just west of Williamson was where I stopped. I was starving. I set up camp, listened to weather, ate some dinner, caught a worm, then caught and released a small walleye. Time for bed.