Yellowbird wrote on Aug 25^th, 2015 at 9:09pm:

Hopefully you'll get a chance to play the odds and catch some great weather next time.

Feels like that's been my luck the last few years. In 2011 my wife and I did a Sept. trip and the weather was probably the best I'll ever have on any canoe trip in my life. That was her first trip, so we were lucky.

Every Sept. trip since then the weather has gone from bad to worse. I'm planning a solo in mid-Sept., and hoping that at least I don't have to fight as much wind as last year. We pulled through a lot of winds that I don't think I'll be able to contend with solo. Here's to playing my odds.  :P