The weather on Day 2 of our French River trip was in a word crummy. It rained all day, and it was cool and windy. The only good thing was the wind was at our backs, and we were paddling down river. We were soaked through before we even got into our canoes and kayak for the day's paddle. This was the most scenic portion of the river, but the weather put a damper on it. I sealed my camera in the water tight compartment of my kayak for the day. We had about 6 rapids and portages to navigate. The portages were brutally hard as the rain made the rocks and boulders as slippery as ice. It took us 4 hours to go the first kilometer because of the treacherous conditions of the portages.