Day 13, Saturday, September 24 (Layover)
0710-50F/41F. Solar 57%. Slept late because I woke in the night and had to read to get back to sleep. There was a clear sky (at night!) so I stepped out on the aft deck to look at the stars, standing in my skivvies in 41F, it actually didn't feel that cold.
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| Early Morning Fog (Click to Enlarge) |
0900-Finished reading my Bible, which was interspersed with taking videos, pics, and cleaning off the panels. Clear skies this morning so I need to take advantage of any sun I get! I'm hoping to hit my goal of 100% on the solar battery, which would be the first for this trip. The verse today is from Jerimiah 5:3, "Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent." Of course this is in reference to Israel's apostacy.
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| Quiet Peaceful Morning (Click to Enlarge) |
1000-Solar 75$%, up from 57% over 300 watts input. May be the first 100% for the trip since departure from White Bear Lake, if the skies remain clear a couple more hours.
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| Sun Shining Through The Fog (Click to Enlarge) |
1030-Finished morning reading and prayer time. Also pulled the kayak up to sponge out the water so it is dry for the trip I plan. Time for breakfast first. Solar 84%!
1100-I will go fly the drone now that breakfast is finished. Shredded wheat, toast with peanut butter, and OJ. Got my gear together for the kayak trip.
1215-I hit the first 100% on the solar battery this trip! It calls for celebration! Instead I will go kayaking, which in itself is another reason to celebrate since it is the first kayaking I have done this trip too.
I found an opening in the trees near the camp site where I could climb out with the drone but had to cut away some small bushes under the opening to make a flat spot on the ground for landing and taking off. A tight location for flying. I made three flights with the drone and made one flight over the portage to the adjoining lake to see where I need to go with the kayak. 72F/66F.
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| View From Portage Back Toward Boat (Click to Enlarge) |
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| Jeff's Map With Local Features (Click to Enlarge) |
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| Track Of Kayak & Hike (Click to Enlarge) |
1530-Just returned from kayaking and hiking. The combined miles was 1.8, about 1 mile hiking and .8 on the water with the kayak (see track for Bae Bleue. Found some moose droppings on the trail.
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| Flooded Old Two Track (Click to Enlarge) |
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| Portage & Trail Head (Click to Enlarge) |
Need to wash dishes and make pizza for dinner afterward. It is clouding up again!
1615-Dishes are finished and pizza is in the oven.
1630-Solar still 100%. This will help a lot based on the expected cloud cover over the next four days.
1900-I sat on the aft deck quietly sipping some Bailey's with chocolates for dessert hoping to see some critters, but none were observed. I tidied up for departure tomorrow anticipating rain. I rigged up the kayak for towing and took down the clothes line, closed the starboard windshield, and took the chair inside so it doesn't get wet. Dark clouds in the SW. I'm feeling tired so will get ready for bed and either read an E-book "Primary Target" by Jack Mars or listen to my audio book "Operation Joktan". 66F/57F. Solar 100%. Praise the Lord for that!
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