I started this day with mixed emotions. While I was grateful that we were humming along with a picture perfect, smooth sailing trip so far, I was already sad with the realization that this was our last full day on the water. There is something about being completely disconnected; experiencing solitude with nature, truly connecting with others; hour after hour paddling in a world of simplicity and beauty; it grows on you. A Monday to Friday trip really didn’t feel like it was quite enough. When we set out (four days ago, the last time we had any access to a ‘weather forecast’ aside from our reading the skies each night), rain was strongly predicted Thursday so I was thankful to wake up to another blue sky sunrise and the sight of a peaceful lake. Being out here, we had no way to know what the ‘forecast’ was. It makes you realize how life was far before the luxuries we have today, in a world of ‘just Google it’. I guess in an earlier time, it was ‘figure it out’. Use your brain and common sense. Crazy concept.
