We awoke to overcast skies in the AM. The weather radio called for thunderstorms so we decided to take it easy. I made a delicious egg and cheese sandwich for each of us and we sat out on the point discussing what we felt like doing. After we finished the dishes the sky started to clear. We decided to take a boat ride up the lake to see if we could locate Gbusk and his wife. We had not noticed them pass by our site the previous afternoon so we figured that they must have found an open site that we did not see on our way down the lake. I went down to the boat to prime the motor and get all the life jackets, etc. while Tawney finished cleaning up around camp. Soon she arrived at the boat with Slim Jim and we hoisted the hulking beast into the boat and prepared to shove off. The motor was not cooperating. I must have pulled that dang cord about 80 times without even a sputter. I also noticed that the pull cord was beginning to show some serious fraying. It was about 1/3 frayed through! I revised my pulling tactic to shorten up on the rope. Luckily, the motor sputtered a few times and started shortly after that. We were off! Gbusk had mentioned that he would have a large green tarp so we looked at all the sites on the north side of the lake for his maroon canoe and green tarp. By the time we got up by the landing we figured that they must have portaged into Caribou or West Pike if there were no openings on Clearwater. We spent the next couple of hours casually exploring some of the bays and coves and taking some pictures of the amazing palisades and beautiful scenery as we puttered back towards camp. By this point the sky was clearing and a breeze had picked up so we tied up the boat and spent the afternoon swimming, gathering wood, reading and chatting. Around dinner time I mixed a couple of bloody mary’s and got the coals going on the fire. We cooked up some burgers and hung around the fire until the bugs came out and then we went out on the point where it was breezier and enjoyed another very nice sunset. It was obvious that a front was about to move through from the thick line of clouds coming in around sunset so we put the rainfly on the tent and went to sleep. The weather radio called for a chance of showers and sure enough it began to rain right after we got into the tent. I awoke at around 3AM and went outside the tent to pee. The rain had stopped and the sky was absolutely crystal clear. This was our chance to see the Perseid Meteor Shower! I woke Tawney and we walked down to the shore to scan the sky for meteors. What a gorgeous sky! We lingered on the rocks for about 30 minutes and saw around 25 or 30 shooting stars. I felt very fortunate to have seen this incredible sight.