There are a group of people on the river we call River Angels. My definition is that they are people preforming random acts of kindness for total strangers. One such Angel held some food for Shawn for when we arrived. Last night Shawn contacted Sandy and Jeff to let them know we were near. We set out early this morning hoping to reach Jeff and Sandy's place on the river before the coming storm hit. After another rough windy 11 miles we arrived at their home on the banks of the river. They had set up a pop up camper for us to stay in and Sandy came home on lunch to show us the shower and laundry room we could use. We took our time and enjoyed the hot shower and did some much needed laundry. When Jeff got home he made us some great wild rice burgers for dinner. They also recently took over a free portage service in Grand Rapids. Tomorrow we should paddle to Grand Rapids and they will meet us with a canoe trailer and portage us around two dams saving us many hours and much headache. They do all this for paddlers out of the kindness of their heart. Today has been a great day or catching up and resting. Life is rough on the river!!
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