Thomas Lake June 20th/25th
by Arkansas Man
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
06/20/2004
Entry & Exit Point:
Snowbank Lake (EP 27)
Number of Days:
7
Group Size:
4
Day 2 of 7
Sunday, June 20, 2004
I had forgotten how early it gets daylight in the north! I awake at 4:00 and get up to start getting things ready to go, but remember that my friends wife has to make a telephone call at 7:00 am, so I just relax and my fiance Kim and I enjoy a great breakfast of Blueberry pancakes at the lodge and visit with Kaitlyn, Bear Dancing Woman on the CCBB. She tells us of wind problems she had coming in Friday! Perhaps an omen of what is to come! We leave at 8:00 and the wind is already blowing hard! We make it across Snowbank despite 18-24 inch waves and some unwanted surfing if you knon what I mean! We go through Disappointment where we probably should have stopped and stayed but we didn't. We make it through Disappointment, Ahsub, Jitterbug, Adventure, to Cattyman where we stop for lunch of tuna pitas, (idea got on this board) and to visit the falls which were rolling. We take some good pictures, see below, and tried to help some girls from Minnesota which were confused!! See picture below!!! We all had a good laugh and went on our separate ways. We go on and cross a very wind blown Ima, and pass through Hatchet Creek where we are able to pull through a couple of the rapids since the water was so high. We finally get to Thomas and stop at the campsite Adam recomended. Everyone was tired and the wind blowing too hard to go further. After we get camp set up I prepare a meal of Jambalaya and pita bread. After dinner we enjoy a good cup of Columbian Coffee with a nice shot of Amarula in it and everyone goes to bed early. Total miles by GPS 14.67. Time traveled aprox. 8 hours. Weather, low 70's with winds 20 - 25 mph. Wild life seen included loons, gulls, and a flying eagle. No bugs.
I had forgotten how early it gets daylight in the north! I awake at 4:00 and get up to start getting things ready to go, but remember that my friends wife has to make a telephone call at 7:00 am, so I just relax and my fiance Kim and I enjoy a great breakfast of Blueberry pancakes at the lodge and visit with Kaitlyn, Bear Dancing Woman on the CCBB. She tells us of wind problems she had coming in Friday! Perhaps an omen of what is to come! We leave at 8:00 and the wind is already blowing hard! We make it across Snowbank despite 18-24 inch waves and some unwanted surfing if you knon what I mean! We go through Disappointment where we probably should have stopped and stayed but we didn't. We make it through Disappointment, Ahsub, Jitterbug, Adventure, to Cattyman where we stop for lunch of tuna pitas, (idea got on this board) and to visit the falls which were rolling. We take some good pictures, see below, and tried to help some girls from Minnesota which were confused!! See picture below!!! We all had a good laugh and went on our separate ways. We go on and cross a very wind blown Ima, and pass through Hatchet Creek where we are able to pull through a couple of the rapids since the water was so high. We finally get to Thomas and stop at the campsite Adam recomended. Everyone was tired and the wind blowing too hard to go further. After we get camp set up I prepare a meal of Jambalaya and pita bread. After dinner we enjoy a good cup of Columbian Coffee with a nice shot of Amarula in it and everyone goes to bed early. Total miles by GPS 14.67. Time traveled aprox. 8 hours. Weather, low 70's with winds 20 - 25 mph. Wild life seen included loons, gulls, and a flying eagle. No bugs.
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