This was the paddling trip from Hell. It was September long weekend and I had the camper to myself. The daytime temps got above 30C and above 36C in the trailer. The wind was nuts. The second the wind died down the mosquitoes were nuts. I mean the worse I have experienced in like a decade. A dark cloud would follow you waiting for your spray to wear off.

If that wasn't bad enough, on the morning of the third day - as the long weekend was starting - I got word my father-in-law was passing. I packed up and headed to the farm. He was gone the next daythe next day.