Leaving Home, Count Down - 4 Days to GoDay 1 /August 6thDay 2 August 7thDay 3/ August 8th.Day 4/ August 9, 2007Day 5 / August 10, 2007No titleNo titleDay 6 / August 11, 2007Day 7 / August 12, 2007Day 8 / August 13, 2007Day 9, August 14, 2007Day 10, August 15Day 11 August 16Day 12 August 17Day 13, August 18Day 14 August 19Another Bed & Breakfast & SupperAn Island CampsiteDay 15/ August 20, 2007Day 16/ August 21,2007Day 17/ August 22, 2007Day 18/ August 23, 2007Day 19/ August 24, 2007Day 20/ August 24, 2007Day 21/ August 26, 2007Day 22/ August 27, 2007No titleMike Zwonitzer in LaCrosseDay 23/ August 28, 2007Day 24/ August 29, 2007Day 25 August 30Day 26, August 31stDay 27, Sept. 1stDay 28 / September 2, 2007Day 29 / September 3, 2007Day 30 / September 4, 2007Day 31 / September 5, 2007Day 32/ September 6, 2007Day 33/ September 7, 2007Day 34 / September 8, 2007Day 35 / September 9, 2007Day 36/ September 10, 2007Day 37/ September 11, 2007 - 1,000 milesDay 38/ September 12, 2007Day 39/ September 13, 2007Day 42/ September 16, 2007. I yam what I yam.Day 40/ September 14, 2007Day 41/ September 15, 2007Day 43/ September 17, 2007Day 44/ September 18, 2007Day 45/ September 19, 2007Day 46/ September 20, 2007Day 47/ September 21, 2007Day 48/ September 22, 2007Day49, September 23, 2007Day 50/ September 24, 2007Day 51/ September 25, 2007Day 52/ September 26Day 53/ September 27, 2007Day 54/ September 28, 2007Day 55/ September 29, 2007Day 56/ September 30, 2007Day 57/ October 1, 2007Day 58/ October 2, 2007Day 59/ October 3, 2007Day 60/ October 4, 2007Day 61/ October 5, 2007Day 62/ October 6, 2007Day 63/ October 7, 2007Day 64/ October 8, 2007Day 65/ October 9, 2007Day 66/ October 10, 2007 - WE MADE IT, WE MADE IT, WE MADE IT!Day 67/ October 11, 2007Day 68/ October 12, 2007Day 69/ October 13, 2007Note from Dan Zellner
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Aitkin, United States, Minnesota
Today we paddled from Palisade to Aitkin, 31 miles. The wind was up but it didn't really matter because every 10 minutes we were changing directions. It became a joke when Joe told me that something was just around the next bend. The next bend would last forever and I swear we nearly did a couple of 360 turns, impossible but that's what it seemed like. We ate lunch on a beautiful sand bar across from a farmers field. The river is so low that we can't actually see what's on top of the other side but we can hear the cows mooing. Not much wildlife today except a couple of turtles, heron, eagles, and one deer laying down behind a fallen tree and the bank. I hope it wasn't stuck in the mud. Also at lunch a hawk landed right behind us, intent on something in the grass. It was really beautiful. We pulled into Aitkin around 5:00 and set up camp then we walked into town for Italian. Joe figures that if he feeds me well I can paddle faster the next day. We're definitely moving slower than Mike did on the trip he just finished but you're only as fast as the slowest paddler, that's me. At 5'2" I'm a good paddler but no match for Joe's gorilla arms and long torso. He's learning to be patient with me since we're committed to doing this together. Aitking is a nice little town. Walked back to the campsite where we saw a couple out for a walk with their dog, two cats, and their goat. It was quite a site. All of these campgrounds are virtually empty, just like the river. I wonder why? It started to rain so we moved in to the tent to write in our journals, That lasted a couple of minutes and we were both asleep - 8:30 PM. Woke in the middle of the night to an erie noise, you're imagination goes wild at midnight but it was still making noise this morning so we decided it was just some kind of bird. That's all for now folks.
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