September 14 Sabbath was forecasted to be the rainiest of all days on the circuit, but Friday night pounded us with rain all night long. Mud was splattered 2-3 inches up the sidewalls of my tent, even 3 feet in from the fly walls. We were afforded mostly dry skies for camp breakdown, and were…

September 13: Day 3 of the Tarp-again Traverse Today was not a cake walk, nor a walk in the park. The rain showers of the evening hung on through the early morning, clouds just beginning to break when we set to paddling around 9:30. The wind hadn't shifted directions during the night, so we had…

September 11: Canoe carts are the bee's knees, the cat's meow... and cool bananas (according to Dad). After a drizzly morning of gear rearrangement and waiting for other parties to arrive, we completed orientation and weigh-in by just after noon and began our first portage (when the joyous acceptance of canoe carts was first realized).…