Ney’s Provincial Park to Sturdee Cove: Daily miles 21.7, Total Miles 615.1
I didn’t sleep well last night and it really played heavy on today’s emotion. Hannah also didn’t sleep well, and rather than make her get up with me at 8 am I let her sleep until almost 11 am while I tinkered around camp and listened to the weather. Both the lake and the weather were great with sunshine, light wind, and very little wave action. We hit the lake at about noon, a little later than I would have liked, but it was probably better to rest up. Paddling around the Coldwell Peninsula was beautiful. Big cliffs rising up out of the forest and nice shoreline with lots of little bays and coves. The rest of the miles passed in a similar fashion with great scenery but mindless paddling. The stress of 40+ days together under some of the most trying conditions finally wore on Hannah and I and the day’s paddle ended with a series of arguments and some hostility. It was inevitable that we would eventually have a blow up, and I am sure it is not the last. The constant stress, fatigue, ad discomfort magnify all of the petty gripes in our relationship and build up until they explode. After getting to camp on a nice sand beach, we made one of the best meals we have had, Pad Thai, and talked over the day. I know that this trip will continue to test our relationship, and it’s reassuring to know that no matter how bad each day is we can always work it out and go to bed feeling good. The mosquitoes are absolutely terrible on this beach with hundreds of them resting on the tent’s mesh. I am waiting to try to shoot a few night photos when the sun finally settles, but I don’t want to go out into the swarm. There are lots of moose tracks in the sand and I hope one wanders out here.
