They paddled into a stiff headwind entering the Rainbow Flowage, Friday night, but Jay Thurston and Mike Kinziger made it across, reaching their completion point for the day an hour-and-a-half overdue.

They camped for the evening south of Rainbow Flowage, where it goes under River Road. Friday evening, Thurston was unable to eat, but otherwise he was feeling well and Thurston and Kinziger headed out on schedule Saturday at 5 a.m. for the second day of their of their 436-mile canoe trip down the Wisconsin River. The first day they completed 64 miles of canoeing.

They were to reach McNaughton between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. for a short break and some breakfast.

Thurston's wife, Diana, said Jay Thurston had an upset stomach they thought might have been brought on by drinking too much sports drink fluids on Friday. There was also the additional stress of paddling into a headwind and crossing Rainbow Flowage under whitecap conditions where some waves came over the bow of their canoe, "Inspiration."

However, Saturday morning Thurston did drink a cup of coffee before joining Kinziger in the canoe for a day that includes six portages and a shot at the most difficult rapids on the Wisconsin River, Whirlpool Rapids below Rhinelander. They anticipated reaching the rapids at about 10:30 a.m.

The wind that had hurt them, Friday, changed direction to come mainly from the west on Saturday morning and it had died down.

"They're hoping to do well today," Diana Thurston said. "They were very relieved when they crossed Rainbow Flowage last night and I hope that's the most stressful part of their trip."

The Broadcaster was unable to do an update on Friday evening due to lack of cell phone reception, however, it will try to post two additional updates Saturday as the journey continues. Website updates will be available subject to cell phone reception and the support needs of Thurston and Kinziger as they head downstream. Jay Thurston, 75, of Viroqua and Mike Kinziger, 60, of Moscow, Idaho, are attempting to paddle the length of the Wisconsin River. Their itinerary calls for them to finish in six days and 10 hours, which would set a new speed record for canoeing the river.