A Little Longer, A Little Farther
by PixiePaddler
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
07/04/2009
Entry Point:
Fall Lake (EP 24)
Exit Point:
Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)
Number of Days:
10
Group Size:
2
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Day 5 of 10
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
The Eagle has landed!
We awoke early today at about 8:30 to a beautiful morning. The night was cool due to a north wind. The loons had cried late into the evening and we had so much fun listening to the different calls. Last year we hadn’t heard many loons. This year we hear them a lot. We were ahead of schedule and only had five miles to get to Curtain Falls. I was very eager to see them. They didn’t disappoint me. We traveled on toward Iron Lake. We were in the canoe all day with no portages, which was kinda nice for a change. The weather was perfect (What’s going on with that?). We even got a little hot and got some sun on our lily white skin!
We fished anytime we had a chance and caught quite a few. I actually out fished my guy that day!
We had some walleye and smalleys for dinner. As Mark was cleaning the fish for dinner, he laid the carcasses out on the huge rock faces at our camp. He figured the seagulls circling above would enjoy them. BUT….they didn’t get a chance, because a bald eagle swooped down and landed on the rocks right in front of us and took the fish away! SHOCKING to say the least! It happened so fast and I was sick that I didn’t have my camera out. It wouldn’t have mattered because he was so fast. He was sitting on our rocks only about 20 feet away! We wished we had more fish to put out and my camera ready. That would have been an awesome picture! We spent the evening star gazing and then hit the sack.
The Eagle has landed!
We awoke early today at about 8:30 to a beautiful morning. The night was cool due to a north wind. The loons had cried late into the evening and we had so much fun listening to the different calls. Last year we hadn’t heard many loons. This year we hear them a lot. We were ahead of schedule and only had five miles to get to Curtain Falls. I was very eager to see them. They didn’t disappoint me. We traveled on toward Iron Lake. We were in the canoe all day with no portages, which was kinda nice for a change. The weather was perfect (What’s going on with that?). We even got a little hot and got some sun on our lily white skin!
We fished anytime we had a chance and caught quite a few. I actually out fished my guy that day!
We had some walleye and smalleys for dinner. As Mark was cleaning the fish for dinner, he laid the carcasses out on the huge rock faces at our camp. He figured the seagulls circling above would enjoy them. BUT….they didn’t get a chance, because a bald eagle swooped down and landed on the rocks right in front of us and took the fish away! SHOCKING to say the least! It happened so fast and I was sick that I didn’t have my camera out. It wouldn’t have mattered because he was so fast. He was sitting on our rocks only about 20 feet away! We wished we had more fish to put out and my camera ready. That would have been an awesome picture! We spent the evening star gazing and then hit the sack.
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