canoeing (Magnetawan) 40:00 [3]
Took this as a lay-over day and kept the same, sweet, campsite. Heavy rain again during the night but the clouds were breaking up at breakfast. It was a pleasant temperature and we headed out on an exploration of Island Lake - which not surprisingly has many, many islands, as well as bays, and inlets etc. and just a few cabins/hunt camps. We went to find Loon Creek and paddled up it as far as we could. We passed a kind of creepy old crooked cabin with several old boats pulled up beside it, and carefully placed glass liquor bottles set up on the rock across from it - like an exhibit. Weird. IT was a beautiful fall day though with clouds racing across the sky, then brilliant intense sunshine, then rain, and deep purple clouds, and a north wind started blowing. We got back to the campsite just in time to get under the tarp before another round of rain. The soup tasted good:). The sun came out again and it was a good 5 degrees warmer at the other end of our island from where we had the tents. I even went for a swim. Oct.1! 26 years ago Tman was born and today I can't even see him. Strange times.
