DAY 2 - WANAGAN LANDING

Woke up and consulted about the schedule. It took no time at all to determine that we needed/wanted a day to rest (from our weekends, not from our two miles) and repack. So b1 rested and I repacked! And then I rested, too!

So much was accomplished, and we got to meet a number of really nice people who kayaked through (a pair from Missouri, out for the day only) or locals who stopped in by car or ATV to view the river.

We had beautiful weather again, too.

Minnesota River Trail campsite shelter and our tent

Frog in the grass by the boat

day 2 - wanagan landing, MN -- MT 2

hard day yesterday.
dropped in just before sunset.  I was thinking that I might have to african queen it for 2 miles and walk the boat downriver (which is actually N here, which is weird in its own right) ... but the river was deeper than that so tons of rowing with my accomplice occasionally poling with a kayak paddle from the back.
the river is thin, shallow, and occasionally boggy here ... a couple different times we had to back out and re-direct to a more major channel, all the time in ever-more-thinning light.
we finish I'm the dark at 22:30, and don't get to bed until 00:30.
a let start had us packing the boat haphazard.  a late arrival had us disgorging equipment willy nilly.  there's no such thing as a "free slug" in endurance travel and clumsy packing technique qualifies.  almost certainly we'll pay the price for that tomorrow.