Enid picking lowbush cranberries
We left Prince Albert in a very heavy rainstorm this morning. It rained very hard overnight and we heard on the news that Weldon had 128 mm of rain. However, by the time we got to La Ronge, the sky was clear.
We drove to Stanley Mission, eating our lunch along the way, and arrived at the town at about 11:30. After we’d unloaded our gear, I parked the Tahoe in a pay parking spot for $5 per night.
As we were completing loading our canoe and kayak, a couple of vehicles arrived pulling a trailer with five Sea-Doos and a boat. They had gear that looked as if they were also going camping. They passed us on the water just after the church.
There were a couple of boatloads of tourists at the church taking pictures. They also passed us before we’d reached the first narrows. Later on we saw them returning just as we reached Frog Narrows.
The Sea-Doos passed us, then one seemed to be having trouble. They circled around for a while, then a couple of kilometers down the lake turned back and we saw the boat towing one of the watercraft back. We were actually glad to see them go since they were noisy, but mostly we were worried that since they looked as if they planned to camp they would beat us to any good campsite.
We camped at the point north of Nistowiak Falls. The site is nice and clean and doesn’t seem to have been used too much. After the tents were up Graeme and I went swimming, while Enid slept. Then we cut and split wood and once Enid was up made supper.
There are a few low bush cranberries here, so Enid picked after supper and got a couple of cups of them. They aren’t quite ripe, but perhaps will ripen over the next few days when we get home.
It was a very nice evening with almost no bugs.
Paddled: 13.2 km
Camped: 13 U 539040 6140843