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FIRST BWCA TRIP
by 31INCHEYE

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 07/01/2009
Entry & Exit Point: Sawbill Lake (EP 38)
Number of Days: 4
Group Size: 4
Day 2 of 4
Thursday, July 02, 2009 AFTER A NICE COOL NIGHT SLEEPING, 6AM CAME AND I FOUND MYSELF STARTING THE COFFEE POT AND SITTING BY THE LAKE IN TOTAL PEACE AND QUIET. THE WIFE AND KIDS WERE STILL SLEEPING SO IT WAS JUST MYSELF AND THE MANY LOONS ENJOYING THE MORNING. OUR PLAN FOR THIS DAY WAS JUST TO CANOE AROUND THE NORTH END OF SAWBILL AND CHECK OUT ALL THE CAMPSITES WE COULD FIND VACANT. WE WANTED TO RATE THEM FROM GOOD TO BAD. MY WIFE BROUGHT ALONG OUR LUNCH FOR THAT DAY AND WE LET OUR SONS PICK WHERE WE WOULD EAT. THEY PICKED A BEAUTIFULL ROCKY OUT CROPPING WITH SEVERAL TREES ON AN ISLAND. SO WE PULLED THE CANOES UP AND ENJOYED A WONDERFULL LUNCH OF PRINGLES, CHICKEN SALAD IN POCKET BREAD, FRUIT AND NUT TRAIL MIX. I NEVER THOUGHT CHICKEN IN A POUCH WOULD EVER TASTE AS GOOD AS IT DID, AND THE POCKET BREAD MADE IT SO EASY AND MESS FREE. MY WIFE TOOK SUGGESTIONS OFF THIS WEB SITE ABOUT FOOD PLANNING, SHE DID A WONDERFULL JOB. AFTER LUNCH WE SPENT A COUPLE HOURS LOOKING FOR FIRE WOOD FOR THAT NIGHT AND RETURNED TO THE CAMPSITE TO RELAX BEFORE DINNER.