Tuesday, October 09, 2018 Guess what I woke up to, I bet you can. Yep, cold and drizzle. My hands nearly turned to pop sickles while packing up. I would have given my left testicle for a hot sauna lakeside. So on the water at 9:30. I may note it is too cold now to get up before 7:30, thats why a lot of 9:30 starts. Paddled Kek SE to the 85r portage passing and adult and juvenile loon. I hope the young one can make in south. The nice uphill portage felt great and got heat to my entire body. Another short paddle and I did the 10r to Wisini lake. My wife and I were through Wisini 4 months ago on a beautiful warm, sunny day. There were people jumping of the tall rocks into the water on the east shore camp site. I dare them to do that today. Still I was warm from the portages and the view was not to be forgotten. Fall colors of every hue speckled the rocky shores. I did the 90r to Ahmakose, the 30r to Gerund and the 15r to Fraser lake where I stopped for lunch. I continued down Frazer and through the narrows to Thomas with a slight wind at my back. I was welcome onto Thomas by a pair of loons calling. I took the second camp site on the right as you enter Thomas site#1188. Nice and out of the wind, with a good grassy tent pad. Set up camp and put my warmest cloths on. I noted in my journal how amazingly empty the BW is right now. I have seen absolutely no one. Looking back it wasn't that amazing. The weather was horrible. I listened to the forecast and it was all highs in the 30's and low around 20'. A chance of 2" of snow tonight and 5" tomorrow night. I cursed the weather man and called him a fun hater, a party pooper, a buzz killer, and a trip spoiler. I didn't want to, but decided then that my trip was gonna get cut short. 30mph winds forecasted for tomorrow might keep me from getting across Alice tomorrow but I figured I would be out in 3-4 days tops. It sunk me to a new low having made the decision and was still hoping for some change for the better with the weather. I felt like I was giving up, letting myself down. But even with my new boots I was freezing when idle. I didn't have winter gear, and it was winter weather. And I was also still pretty concerned with the portages coming up around Alice with the forecasted 75mph winds last week and I was headed that way. I knew there were no crews out in October to clear them ahead of me.