July 30, 2013
I meet the outfitter near Goulais River for the ride up to Marathon. We had a nice gal, Chantal, from Quebec joining us for the trip and we picked her up at an alternate meeting site. Marathon seemed nicer than I expected. I remember hearing how polluted the area was from the mills but it was pretty nice. Soon we had Martha and continued to put in at Hattie Cove. We wanted to get out from the car camping/lodge area, just a few k’s. We found the first point in open water was a bit lumpy, so we took a break in a small bay and reset our paddling gear for a brief but tough paddle. Not much of an easy warm-up to paddling on Superior, but everyone did fine. There was another point we wanted clear. But it would only have knocked off 3 more k’s and we had thunder. So we found a campsite in Playter Harbor and stopped. The rough weather pattern seemed to be settled in.