Thursday, July 14, 2022 Basswood Christopher treated everyone with protien powder pancakes for breakfast this morning! Feeling fueled up, we break camp and paddle towards Pipestone Bay.

We paddled by a building on the island north of the narrows on Basswood. Not exactly sure what the purpose of the build might be? After paddling a while longer, we decided to stop for lunch at a sandy beach on the east shore of Basswood. The wind is pretty steady today, so a shore lunch is in order. Colman decides to do some fishing during our lunch break.

After lunch, we paddle southwest and decide to stay at a site northeast of Gary Island. The wind made paddling a little more challenging today. Noone caught any fish during our paddling today, and we were all pretty hungry. Colman saved the day by catching a very nice small mouth bass, then Christopher our camp chef, made up some fish and rice for dinner. We all ejnoyed dinner very much, and talked about how good dinner was!! We all needed the pick me up for sure!! Joel lost his knife, then found it again. Both Colman and Joel told me how they both prayed to God. Colman to catch a fish for dinner, and Joel to find his knife. God answered both of their prayers again today. God is Great!!! Cullen has been talking about Grace Collingsworth all day. All the other boys are telling him he should ask her out to the movies when we get back home. It's fun for us old guys to listen to the young men in our group talk, and watch them work together. It's really cool to see the next generation of our family transitioning from boys to young men. What a better place to share these memories and experiences than the BWCA!!! We are all pretty tired, time for bed. We are all looking forward to pancakes for breakfast in the morning.