We are camped at a boat launch ramp in Marathon. It was a tough day wit,h shoreline effect winds much stronger than the forecast. It was supposed to be a 16 mile day but wind conditions added at least another 5 miles due to avoiding bigger crossing. The first half of the distance was not bad with a tailwind as we left Neys Provincial Park but then it was headwind all the way. The strongest was the last few miles approaching Marathon. The next highlight was a 3 mile crossing in strong winds. If not for the fact the winds were offshore we would have been wind bound. Maximum wave size was 2 feet but mostly less.
We had met this wonderful family at Neys and the daughter Alicia brought us baked goods from her mom. They had walked by our site and talked with us earlier. They were going to invite us to breakfast but we were about to launch. The dad, Steve told us about this ramp area as a good place to stop to access Marathon. Well they were waiting at the ramp to invite us to dinner and wow what a treat. The mom, Joyce with help from Alicia cooked up an amazing dinner. We were all smiling as we had been paddling all day in the rain and were wet and chilled. They came back to pick us up after we set up our tents and changed. Joyce is coming down to pick us up this morning for our errands in town. We left our paddling gear drying in their basement. It rained all night but has now stopped. I guess if we get our errands done we will head to Hattie Cove in Pukaskwa this afternoon. It's about 12 miles.
Neys has a long sand beach.
Amy during the easier part of our day. Pic Island in the background. We found the Lake Superior's low water level required us to drag and carry our boats at on point.
Where we had lunch just after the shallow area we saw 2 swans but we were not sure if hey were Trumpeter or Tundra swans? We pulled off for a thunder storm where a dead boated moose had washed up.
Having dinner with our wonderful host family. Our tenting location with the old closed pulp mill in the background. The gold mines are what keeps Marathon going. Steve works there and says they have about ten years before they too will close.
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