DAY EIGHT, WEDNESDAY, 7/22/2015 - Thomas more playtime

Another beautiful day and we decided to try our hand at canoemanship again. Today we decided to try using a second canoe to help right a swamped canoe. We concluded that the best way to right the canoe is certainly with a second helper canoe. That was the only way we could remove all the water from the swamped canoe without bailing or swimming the canoe to shore.  

The kids also created a weapon barter shop with my daughter creating designs with colored thread and giving them to the boys if they provided her with additional stick weapons for decoration. Some fishing was successful using a spinner along with some artificial soft grub looking thing. Sir Walleye and his friends thanked us for eating them that day. Mosquitoes as always were a problem in the evenings and I am unsure if any of the repellant really works besides long sleeves and netting. I must say that a head net takes getting used to especially when you want a sip of hot chocolate and forget there is a net between your lips and the cup.