Friday, August 09, 2019 Last day here, departure day! I had convinced my 12 year old daughter to get up early with me and get on the lake early while the wind was down. We fished for 2 hours with only the luck of the hook snagging the top of small mouth on our way back to camp, lol! She was thrilled though because last year she was the only one who did NOT catch a fish and this year she was the only who DID catch one. When we got back to camp everyone else was up and busy with tasks of tearing down camp. Coffee was made as was breakfast (strawberry fry bread, biscuits and gravy and scrambled eggs. We had snacks left for the trip out (snickers, trial mix and beef jerky). Tarps where taken down, tents stowed away, bags filled, visual checks to ensure we left nothing behind where done. We started hauling the gear and bags down to where we had the canoes stowed. Whats that under the paddle....a snake! This was about the most excitement this whole trip!! Then another just a couple feet away. The kids watched them slither out of the cracks between the rocks and asked if they could feed the remaining leeches to the snakes. We let them and it was national geographic up close and personal for them, lol! The snakes gobbled the leeches down one by one then lay there to bask in the sun. We loaded our canoes and advised the kids to stay close to us as the wind was still a concern. We paddled against the wind for the duration of Fourtown lake, once we hit the first portage the lakes where situated between hills and there was nearly no wind. We where all glad to be out of the wind. All along the way we did not see a single open campsite. We had a few more portages one in which we hid and scared the kids (we could not resist). We enjoyed the trip this year but we all agreed it was not one we would want to repeat!