Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

Boy Scout
by fishonfishoff

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/26/2011
Entry & Exit Point: Mudro Lake (EP 23)
Number of Days: 10
Group Size: 9
Day 8 of 10
Friday, July 01, 2011 Another beautiful day is starting to unfold. It is lazy morning although I did wake up one person in a tent when a smallie started to jump at the end of my line near our tent. Donuts for breakfast then broke camp to start our journey down Moosecamp river at a sloooooow pace to Fourtown Lake. Left camp at 7:45 and within minutes our canoes were surrounded by lily pads in the river. The river was gorgeous with the beaver dams, granite cliffs and plant life. About 5 beaver dams blocked our path. Most of the dams could be glided over but a couple times we had to get out and push. Once we got to Fourtown the two lead canoes took off to find a campsite. After distancing themselves from us adults, we decided our canoes would pull over to a campsite in to test the "young guns" in front. There was a 15 minute standoff until the canoe with Alex, Bryan, and Jake started back towards us. We were happy that they split up the 2 way radios to stay in contact. When they discovered we were Ok the first canoe of Jeff and Trent located a fine campsite towards the southern end of Fourtown.To cool off about the whole crew took a swim to a small island which was just a huge rock. Orzo with parmesan and Italian seasonings for lunch. For desert a double batch of chocolate cake. Everyone was so full only a few ate some biscuits and gravy for dinner.Right at dusk we had an awesome lighting display with just a little rain. More of our scouts are ready for the exit to civilization. Some including myself hate to see this trip come to an end.