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Best Friends and The Big Jump: Lake One to Insula
by Jazzywine

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 07/23/2018
Entry & Exit Point: Lake One (EP 30)
Number of Days: 7
Group Size: 4
Day 5 of 7
Friday, July 27, 2018

It was a beautiful clear sunny day and no one wanted to do anything. We lazed around the south-facing rock outcroppings of Williamson Island and relaxed; swimming, wading, and catching tiny rock bass. Eventually, our friends took a brief paddle, but my girlfriend fiancé and I just basked in the blissful sunshine.

In the late afternoon we all finally got in our canoes and paddled around exploring Lake Insula. We had some fun cliff jumping from The Rock, then enjoyed the sandy beach at campsite 1332 (NE of The Rock).

That night the moon was full and rose late over the far wooded shoreline. It reflected its incredible brightness off the water so that it shone like a second sun and lit our camp nearly like day.

~Insula, Lake