Tuesday, August 25, 2020 Today was decided to be a rest day. A total rest day. No plans to go anywhere. Not worried about catching any fish. Not even planning to put the canoes in the water. Heck we’re on vacation! Just sit around camp. Relax. Talk about family and life. Relax some more. The weather has turned absolutely perfect. No wind, brilliant blue skyies with occasional clouds. Around mid-day, I pull one of the canoes into the water and try trolling across the lake and back a few times. I’m solo in a tandem canoe so I grab an extra PDF as a back cushion and sit on the floor in the middle. We’re camped on a narrow connection part of the lake and it’s not far. No bites. Must be the wrong lure of bait. Or just my inexperience in these waters. Fishing has been GREAT! Catching not so good but just being out fishing works for me. No big deal because we have plenty of food. In fact that’s when it’s time for lunch. I return to camp for another meal prepared by our gourmet cook, Chef Billy. I ask for a table up on the view terrace And there is space available. I settle in for a hot lunch with the two eagles circling overhead calling to each other. We talk about going to close by Thunder Point but keep putting it off. Then as it gets later, the clouds return and the wind kicks up. We decide to stick around and get organized for our move tomorrow. It’s getting later in the afternoon and I grab my pole to try some more fishing off the point of the terrace. Nothing wants to bite. I see a canoe approaching from the east and think. Hey that’s the first one I’ve seen today. They come right towards the camp and I think that they’ll be disappointed to see it occupied. They aren’t looking for a camp, it’s the local Ranger patrol checking in. The checked around, made sure there were no widow makers above the sleeping areas. Checked the latrine to see how full it was. And chatted with us for a while. Turned out they were on the end of their 8 day patrol. Then they have 6 days off until the next 8 day patrol. They were camped at the next site down. They talked of dogsledding up here in the winter. It was hard to imagine ice 3’ thick on the top of the lake. I asked for some crazy stories and they came up with, people leaving all their gear! I can see maybe an ice chest or some chairs but they said that was just common. They have come upon entire camps abandoned with tents, sleeping bags, coolers, cook gear, and everything. I really wonder who would do that or why. They headed off to their camp and we got ready for our last night at this camp. The clouds have rolled in and the radio says there is some weather on the way .