Thursday, September 13th, 2007. Flagstaff Lake, Maine. By Thursday morning, the wind had subsided enough for Darrin to complete his crossing of Flagstaff Lake. The Lake, however, wasn’t going to let him go without other challenges. Flagstaff is characterized by shallow water covering sections of wide, rocky shoals. The shoals are hidden; they can only be seen when one is about to beach upon them. While usually not dangerous, beaching on shoals is annoyingly disruptive to one’s paddling rhythm. Flagstaff’s water level was particularly low, leaving the shoals more exposed than usual; to avoid them, Darrin kept a slow pace. Entire bays were also dried up. After crossing Flagstaff, Darrin found his next waterway dry as well. He ended up dragging his canoe up Little Spencer Stream, and then portaging a long, hard, five miles on
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