Monday, June 04, 2012 - Kawisihiwi River to Alice Lake Finished the last of the booze last night, consequently we are less than 100%. Scott wants to stay put, I want to get moving. I make a copy of our map, and tell him to meet us at one of several campsites, or near the pictographs. Scott is surly, I know that as the the worst of the hangover wears off he'll be ready to go. Yao and I do a nice slow paddle to the first portage, and by the time we unload the canoe, Scott and Joe have caught up to us. Scott and Joe are big boys and I'm afraid that we are going to be chasing them around lakes. We'll see what happens. The pictographs are pretty cool, and we all take a guess at what they mean. Scott and Joe decide to run a rapids that are supposed to be portaged, and they get caught up, barely rocking there way out of the rocks. They are lucky the kevlar survived, and I don't have to tell Scott it was a bad idea.

Alice Lake is our first big lake and everyone is duly impressed. Off in the distance storm clouds and accompanying thunder suggest that we find a nice campsite, and the spot we choose is a real beaut. It's not on a point but it has a sand beach and well spaced pine trees asking us to pitch our tents underneath. It rains a little, but not to hard.

The soles of my 17 year old Vasque Sundowners are coming off. Bummer.