Hudson Bay Expedition Crew in the Quetico Park and Kawnipi

     I suppose I better continue the story about what took the Voyageur Expedition Crew 2 hours to get from Customs to American Point. Well, it turns out they made a not so brief stop at Sagonto and enjoyed some Almond Roca Bars courtesy of the Manzos. They collected some buttons for a shirt Adam had brought along(it came with only 3), visited and then finally departed after 30 minutes or more.
     When we finally caught sight of the two canoes I used my big camera lens to make sure it was indeed them. What I saw shocked me. The guys in the canoe weren't paddling! They were obviously in no big hurry to make it to American Point because one of the canoes was even fishing!
     Little did they know Sheri and I were at American Point waiting for them with a cooler full of beer on ice in Nalgene bottles. Had they taken much longer there wouldn't have been any left for them to enjoy.
    They zig-zagged this way and that as they fished their way along. They couldn't see the towboat on shore and they couldn't see us either so they weren't in any hurry at all. Once they were within ear shot I yelled to see if they were thirsty and then they finally picked up the pace.
     We had a great visit with them and heard all about their adventures to date. Unfortunately they were all getting along fine and they didn't need me to take one of their places for the rest of the trip.

     They spent all of Friday paddling in the Quetico Park and made their way from Cache Bay to the base of Kawnipi via the Falls Chain. This is familiar territory for them but no matter how familiar the portages along the route are unfortunately not few nor far between. I think there's something like 7 of them in a row beginning with the longest right out of Cache Bay around Silver Falls.

Quetico's Cache Bay to Kawnipi by the Expedition Crew Day 5

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All day Saturday found the Hudson Bay Crew paddling through Kawnipi. It's a very large lake from one end to another and it's exceptional fishing. I'm not sure if it was the fishing or the lightning that made their day a little shorter than all of the others so far. They didn't paddle as long into the evening and they didn't travel as far either. I'm sure the weather played a little bit into it since it rained off and on all day long. It's been quite chilly too and that combined with thunder and lightning would keep me from paddling too long.