Hattie Cove to Fishermen's Cove

We had a light tailwind when we left Hattie Cove. It was an overcast chilly day with brief sprinkles. We could have gone further with such awesome paddling conditions but Fishermen's Cove is such a nice spot, we stopped. I think it was about 3:30. It did get sunny by the time we got to our campsite at Fishermen's Cove but it never did warm up Wednesday. I think we paddled maybe 25 miles? That's about double the typical guided group distance back when I did kayak trips here.. The last time was 1997 and I'd not been back since. Plenty of paddlers would come close to doubling that 25 mile day but for me, these days and with my gimp shoulder 25 seems just fine. The shoulder is slowly feeling better but far from normal and it still won't allow me to take my normal stroke. Feels nice to be in the sleeping bag... I won't be uploading these next few posts until we get to Wawa.

Another camper watched us pack and snapped a pho to of all 4 of us. .. Dan and Dave take a Secchi Disk reading.. A water clarity test Wilderness Classroom is participating in.

Orchids.. What are these ? Snowy Lady Slippers or Pink ? There were lots of them and right at the campsite.

Looking down at the beach from up where the orchids were ... I camped on the beach as it seemed warmer.

We hiked the coastal hiking trail to an overlook of where we camped. See my tent?

Waiting for dinner to cook ... After dinner fire waiting for sunset.

Nice sunset campsite...

Pukaskwa National Park

We are at the almost deserted Hattie Cove campground. We 4 make up about half of all who are here now. It's cold. We're looking forward to the forecasted much warmer weather.

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Marathon to Hattie Cove

Can't wait to see the sun again. We paddled about 12 or 13 miles I guess with a 15 knot headwind. Some places stronger with shoreline effect. Seas were mainly a foot or so but built to over 2 with some over 3 feet and possibly higher at the point and bay leading into Hattie Cove. The refracting wave scenario. The visitor center is now only open July and August due to budget cut backs but a few students from Pic River were taking a nature type class so we were able to warm up and dry gear a bit.. The shower room is unheathed but the rest rooms have heat so we did a bit more gear drying.. It's basically cold. Sounds like some sun and warmer temps are to begin tomorrow for a change. I wish I could have taken some photos while we were on route but it was not photo friendly and my lens was all wet anyway from the 100% humidity...drizzle...fog. At least the bugs have been knocked back down. The black flies were coming out last nice weather.

Breakfast and packing at the launch in Marathon near which we camped 2 nights. .... The one break we took after finding a supposedly open passage according to the chart, a dead end. A pee break was over due anyway.

Our boats at Hattie Cove ... Our site at he Hattie Cove campground.

Hanging out cooking dinner. We won't have Internet until we reach Wawa I guess. 9 days if weather allows.