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I lay about for a few hours, I didn`t feel like paddling in the heat,
maybe later I would leave or perhaps not. I had a tuna wrap for lunch,
made yet another mug of tea and watched the dark clouds start to roll
in. Along with the cloud came ever increasing wind. Around 5:00pm a
storm passed close by, just a few drops of rain fell but the winds
became very strong. Whitecaps started forming on the lake and I rigged
some support ropes to my hut. The clouds passed and the sun returned
but the winds only intensified. My bug hut which would be my main
shelter for this trip had never been fully wind tested, I prepared for
an emergency takedown if things got out of hand. For almost an hour the
wind howled, I added more ropes and for a time basically held on to the
hut to prevent it from blowing away. As evening came the winds
diminished somewhat, at least to a safe level where being blown away
was no longer a concern. The temperature was falling by a significant
amount, down more than 10 degrees from the late afternoon high in the
low 30`s, I was actually feeling a bit chilled after going through
three days of intense heat! I fell asleep around 11:00pm, still with no
plan of action for the next day.
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