Dark ominous clouds at 5:25 am at camp 10 on June 28. The grey sky remains all day. It rained lightly a few times during the night, including just before arising at 3:30 am. Mosquitoes are quite bothersome as I break camp and have a cold breakfast. Starting off with a light tailwind, I make amazing time as the wind strengthens to moderate, to strong, to very strong. There is light rain during the last two km of travel. At 9:30 am, after canoeing 13 km, I arrive at the island where I stashed my Clipper canoe last September. I give thanks to the rain and wind gods. There is only a little bit of water in the Grumman, and I think that is just from the last stretch when I got hit with a few big waves from the quartering wind. It is amazing that the patch adequately seals the canoe.
Securing the Grumman canoe, I anxiously walk up the trail to where I parked the Clipper. Yeah, it is still there and appears to be untouched and unharmed. I am still smiling much later. I move the Clipper off the tent site. It rains on and off all day. I make camp in the rain, but I am still smiling.
Alumroot leaves and flowers are edible.
Dock leaves, flowers and seeds are also edible.
Salad of fireweed, dock flowers, a few mint tops and alumroot flowers.
On the second day, after rain clouds move through, a beautiful rainbow appears at 6 pm, stretching right across the horizon. The wind switches to the opposite direction and would be a strong tailwind if I were travelling today.