Day 21, Wednesday, June 8th.
I woke up this morning around 6:00 am. I really didn't want to get up yet, so I just laid there for a while listening to the elk calling to each other. I could hear 3 or 4 different ones calling. I got up around a half hour later, but let the boys sleep until around 7:00 am. After everyone was up and dressed we had our breakfast, which was Oatmeal, beef bites, and fruit snacks.
After breakfast we packed up everything, loaded up the canoes, and headed out. It was around 8:30 when we hit the water. The wind was blowing really hard from the North, which made it really hard to get anywhere. The boys really struggled. We headed North on Karl Lake towards our 1st portage. Since the paddling was so hard, we decided to take a break and have our morning snack before we made it all the way to the portage. We pulled over to the edge of the water, tied up to a tree, and had our snack. It also gave us a little bit of a break and allowed us to rest for a little while. After a short rest and a snack we headed on North towards the portage.
After the portage, we hit the Lower George Lake. Once we got on the Lower George Lake it wasn't quite as hard to paddle. The wind was not nearly as strong as it had been on Long Island Lake. We paddled North on the Lower George Lake without too much trouble. We soon reached our next portage. Crossing it wasn't too hard. The next lake we got on was Rib Lake. We hit another strong head wind on Rib Lake. We all struggled paddling on Rib Lake because of the wind, but we finally made it across. We hit our next portage, and crossed without much trouble. Our next lake was Cross Bay Lake.
We stopped for lunch at a campsite on Cross Bay Lake. For lunch we had summer sausage & cheese snacks, chex mix, raisin and cranberry mix, and water to drink. We ate our lunch and rested for almost an hour. The head wind we had been paddling into made us all really tired. After resting, we loaded up the canoes and headed out again. We paddled on North to our last portage of the day.
After crossing the portage, we were on Ham Lake. This is the lake we camped on when we were first heading out. As luck would have it, the campsite we stayed at on the way out was open. We stopped there and set up camp for the night.
After resting for a little while, we made our dinner. Dinner tonight was Mountain House spaghetti, and chocolate chip cookies. After dinner, the boys made a nice fire, that we all sat around until late in the evening. We sang some songs and had a really nice time just talking and having fun together.
Even though we were really tired, it was a really great day today.
This is my 100 Days Strong. What's yours?
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