Friday, July 08, 2011. By now we are in a routine. Wake to coffee and breakfast. Breakfast consist of bacon and oat meal. The Kids love it. We decide to explore and fish Gun Lake but our luck hasn't changed. We are throwing everything we have at them but nothing is biting. I think we caught another four or five fish the whole day. The weather has changed over night and we have a nice steady rain all day. I rig up the tarp to catch the water and fill up our coffers with about three gallons. The gravity water filter started out great but filled with talon from Fairy Lake and is now too slow to manage. The Boys return from fishing and head to their tents for reading and a nap. We enjoy the chicken soup for lunch. By now we have noticed a large contingency of turtles hanging around the waters edge at our camp. They are eagerly dipped out of the Lake by the Boys. At one point we have caught three and have a turtle race back into the Lake, it was good fun. Rain gear and a good tent are important. We stayed dry all day. The sky cleared around 7:00 PM just in time for the mosquitoes to come out in droves. We used DEET, head nets and long sleeves. I was alright with the bugs but some of our crew was more susceptible to their bite. Scott had trouble sleeping due to the itch. Benadryl the next day helped. It was especially bad at the tent fly. You had to be quick to get in the tent without bringing in the carnivorous little buggers. A bug spray can would have been nice. Dinner was more chicken and mashed potatoes along with some broccoli. The vacuum sealed broccoli lasted a long time if you kept it in the medical bag and brought it out the day before. After dinner we cleaned up camp and prepared to move on the next day.