Our shortest travel day. We didn’t really have to move, but we were anxious to move to avoid a layover day. We packed up about 9 and moved on to Oyster Lake. Yes 1.5 miles later we were greeted by some nice folks from Indiana on the peninsula 5 star site. They told us that we could have the site as they were stopped only for lunch. We chatted and took some pictures. We helped them move gear across the peninsula and marveled at the light weight of their Kevlar canoes. WOW! We are getting those next year. After setting up camp, we lounged around camp. I set up my hammock and lied down to take a nice long nap. 10 minutes later, Cundiff yelled “ROB, ROB, ROB, I CUT MY FINGER”. “HUH?” I replied. “I cut my finger really bad”. So up from my nap, I assessed the cut and it was pretty bad. I found the med kit and began first aid. I happened to look up at one point to see the fire that Tim had started was about to be out of control. It was windy and Tim had underestimated how fast a fire can spread in canoe country. 10 trips from the lake and back later, I finished taping up Tim and sat down.

Troy, Tyler, and Ryan woke up from their nap and wanted to go fishing. Tyler and I took one canoe and fished the south side of the peninsula. Fishing turned out to be pretty good. Tyler landed several fish including one large pike. Proud of his catches, he explained how fishing was easy and how he lost respect for people who go out fishing and don’t catch anything. I told him to fish in Ohio for a few days and to tell me what he thought.

We kept some fish and cleaned them for dinner. Everyone enjoyed my technique of cleaning fish and even took some pictures of the carnage. Realizing that we had plenty of food, we decided to eat like kings. We had fish, biscuits, and pasta with chicken. Full from supper, we went to bed early.