Day 23, Friday June 10th.
We all woke up at around 7:00 am this morning. After having our breakfast of oatmeal & beef jerky we broke camp, loaded up the canoes, and headed out. We had 2 portages to go across before getting to the take-out point, and plenty of time to do it before we needed to meet the van that would be picking us up.
We took our time getting to the first portage. The weather was beautiful, and there were plenty of things to see on the way out that we just decided to really take our time.
As we were paddling along we saw a female moose standing at the edge of the woods. We crossed our portages without any trouble and were on that last leg of the trip before the take-out when we saw a bald eagle fly past. It was really cool to see it up so close. You just don't realize how beautiful they are until you see one up close in the wild.
Once we got to the take-out point we unloaded the canoes and stowed all our gear by the side of the parking lot. I walked down to the pay phone and called the outfitters so they could send the van, and then walked back to wait for them to show up. It only took them around 20 minutes to get there.
We loaded all our gear and the canoes up on the trailer and headed back to the outfitters. Once we got back to the outfitters we stowed all our gear in the cabins and hit the showers. You don't think about it, but after 6 days on the water in the canoes a hot shower really felt good.
After everyone showered we all sat down to have some lunch. Our deal with the outfitters was for dinner, but since we didn't really know when we would be getting in exactly we had to provide for our own lunch. We had every meal planned out, so our lunch was peanut butter on a bagel, trail mix, fruit roll-ups, and Gatorade. After lunch we all sort of lounged around and took it easy and waited for dinner. Some of the boys took the kayaks out for a little while, but we were all fairly worn out, so most of us just took it easy.
For dinner, the outfitters made sloppy Joes, chips, potato salad, watermelon, lemonade, and ice cream for desert.
After dinner we relaxed some more and finally went to bed around 10:00 pm.
This is my 100 Days Strong. What's yours?
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