TomT wrote on Jan 22
nd, 2021 at 5:07pm:
Those calm foggy quiet mornings are in my top 5 favorite things to experience in canoe country.
Well, there is fog and then there is FOG!
Three years ago, I and my paddling partner (each of us in solos) departed the northern arm of Roland Lake heading south through the major part of the lake and ultimately onward to Crooked Lake. That morning the fog was so thick that you could barely make out the end of your own canoe. Luckily, we both had a map-based GPS system with the portage to Middle Roland marked. We kept our bearing by repeatedly inspecting our position relative to the portage. There were times that I could hear the paddle strokes of my partner, but could not see him at all. We made it across without incident, but it was definitely "flying blind."
Had this been a motor lake, I would have had to stay put until visibility improved. As we entered the main part of the lake, we could hear the voices of a party occupying the campsite along the northwest shore of Roland, but we never laid eyes on them.
This was one of the few cases where I was absolutely dependent on the technology to make safe passage. I do remember once when I departed from a pier in a small motor boat, striking out into dense fog. I was certain that I was on the heading I'd planned. After a half-hour a shape began to appear in the fog. After another minute, I was able to make it out. It was the pier I had departed from a half-hour earlier.
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