1st Solo Trip
by rlanason
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
07/10/2011
Entry & Exit Point:
Lizz and Swamp Lakes (EP 47)
Number of Days:
6
Group Size:
1
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Day 5 of 6
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Omega Lake, Henson Lake, Pillsbery Lake, Swallow Lake, Meeds Lake, Caribou Lake
Up at 6:00am and ready for my travel day. It got down to 45 degrees during the night. Great sleeping weather! Packed up camp and was on the water by 6:30. Made my way back towards the entry point. I Decided to go to Meeds Lake and possibly stay there for the night. Slightly different route than what I came in on. I arrived at the West island site and found it to be pretty nice. There was even a LARGE stack of firewood already cut and ready to go. Decided to press my luck and headed for the East island camp site only to find it occupied. Kind of embarassing, I was talking to myself as I came up to the site before I realized it was occupied. I was commenting to myself on how long it took to paddle from the West site to the East site in the wind. But I don't think they heard me. After all that work to get to the East site I didn't want that to be in vain, so I pressed on to Caribou Lake. I checked out the two sites on points on the West side of the lake that looked pretty good on the map, but they were both occupied. I just missed getting one of them, they were just starting to pitch tents! Decided to take the 1st site on the North shore when coming from the Meeds Lake Portage at about 10:45. It wasn't that great of a site, but I didn't want to press my luck looking for another open site and then have this one get taken too. Even a bad site in the boundary waters is better than any site at a camp ground anywhere else! Didn't really do much the rest of the day. Went fishing a couple of times, had supper, and then fished a little more. No luck, but beats being at work! I did see one of the sites up from me was open, but that is the game you play...especially close to an entry point.
Omega Lake, Henson Lake, Pillsbery Lake, Swallow Lake, Meeds Lake, Caribou Lake
Up at 6:00am and ready for my travel day. It got down to 45 degrees during the night. Great sleeping weather! Packed up camp and was on the water by 6:30. Made my way back towards the entry point. I Decided to go to Meeds Lake and possibly stay there for the night. Slightly different route than what I came in on. I arrived at the West island site and found it to be pretty nice. There was even a LARGE stack of firewood already cut and ready to go. Decided to press my luck and headed for the East island camp site only to find it occupied. Kind of embarassing, I was talking to myself as I came up to the site before I realized it was occupied. I was commenting to myself on how long it took to paddle from the West site to the East site in the wind. But I don't think they heard me. After all that work to get to the East site I didn't want that to be in vain, so I pressed on to Caribou Lake. I checked out the two sites on points on the West side of the lake that looked pretty good on the map, but they were both occupied. I just missed getting one of them, they were just starting to pitch tents! Decided to take the 1st site on the North shore when coming from the Meeds Lake Portage at about 10:45. It wasn't that great of a site, but I didn't want to press my luck looking for another open site and then have this one get taken too. Even a bad site in the boundary waters is better than any site at a camp ground anywhere else! Didn't really do much the rest of the day. Went fishing a couple of times, had supper, and then fished a little more. No luck, but beats being at work! I did see one of the sites up from me was open, but that is the game you play...especially close to an entry point.
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