We finally spent an entire day on the river today and felt amazing. 7:30 A.M. to about 8:00 P.M. with 45 glorious miles in between. We even stopped in Aitkin at the library Uncle Dave suggested to blog for a little bit.
Towards the end of our day we saw two kayaks and a solo canoe pulled off on the shore. The three people on shore yelled over to us and asked how far we were going which is a very common question when people see how much gear we are hauling.
Anders yelled, "The Gulf!"
A man on shore yelled back, "Us too! Where are you camping tonight?"
Anders, "Lone Pine!"
The man, "Us too! We'll see you there!"
We were excited. Not only were we going to have neighbors to talk to, but they were neighbors that had the same plan as us. Also, neighbors that we could chat about the upper section with. We pulled into camp and found out the kayakers just met the solo canoer yesterday. They started at different times and just happened to run into each other in Jacobson. After meeting and talking they decided they would paddle together until the Twin Cities. Alex and Gus, the kayakers, were from Duluth and Josh, the solo canoeist, was from Winona. Josh was in the Marines and is now doing this trip to raise awareness for PTSD. Alex and Gus recently graduated college and are kind of doing the trip as a last hurrah before the real world.
We have decided that we'll paddle with them tomorrow for sure and then possibly all the way to the Cities. They want to get there by Saturday which would require a lot of high mileage days. The past two days they paddled over a hundred miles. I'm jealous.
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