Weekend was spent with Jon, Garret and Ethan in his coach on the Thunder Bay River west of Alpena. The plan was to get some big paddles in, but the weather did not cooperate, as it rained on and off the entire weekend.
We managed to get in a small paddle Sat afternoon, with black skies and lightning behind us all the way down the river. Sunday, for a host of reasons, was less productive than Saturday. I had never heard of the Thunder Bay River before this weekend. It was a muddy river with some very remote stretches, and a light current.
With a little luck, we may get in another weekend yet this summer, and we will try for the Au Sable, which was our original destination last week.
My favorite line of the weekend was when Ethan asked our shuttle driver which side of the bridge is better to drop in on, and he replies, well if you drop in on the up river side it's a longer trip.
As we were rolling out Sunday night, a nice old couple next to us came by to say good bye, and let us know they were going to miss us. They also told us that there there was a rumor buzzing throughout the camp site that we were a rock band up for some R&R with all our toys and loud rock music.
I can't imagine how that rumor got started.
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