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June 5, Day 74 Last evening after I wrote my journal entry the wind calmed to a very placid evening. Except where the current swirled, the river slid past smoothly, hardly recognizable from the way it had been earlier in the day. Just before sunset …
June 4, Day 73 I was paddling at about 5:30 AM, trying to get in some miles before I got slammed by headwinds. Although I did have a headwind, I was still able to make good progress most of the time. A magnificent rooster pheasant …
The winds were light early. I paddled the 2 miles to Fort Mandan fairly quickly. I wasn’t sure exactly where to land so I tied off my kayak and when I climbed the bank I could see the replica, still upstream a bit. The fort is …
