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mudro
by luv2pack

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/07/2008
Entry & Exit Point: Mudro Lake (restricted--no camping on Horse Lake) (EP 22)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 6
Day 2 of 5
Sunday, June 08, 2008 I was the first one up this morning at 4:15. After a quick shower I ran over to the gas station next door to pick up some doughnuts and juice for breakfast, and a Pepsi for myself - an addiction that will be greatly missed this week. Back at the bunkhouse everyone is beginning to wake up. Ross and my dad head over to the station on a coffee run and to pick up some medicine for Tyler, who has woken up with a bad cold. I bring the van around and begin loading up when Ross discovers his wallet is missing. WOW - what a great start! We inform Lynn of the missing wallet in case it is found while we are gone and head out. We finally arrive at our entry point and have the paddles in the water by 7:30. We were able to skip the short portage into Mudro from the parking lot due to high water. Ross lost his footing on a slippery rock on the first of the three portages between Mudro and Fourtown and sprained his ankle, just not a great day for him! We exchanged hellos with the few people we met along the way, and saw only two campsites in use of those we passed on Fourtown. We stopped for a quick snack at the Fourtown to Boot portage, then we were on our way again. Passing through Boot Lake we noticed that all the campsites were empty. We are hoping to get the nice, eastern campsite on Fairy since we have seen so few people. I attempt to portage my first canoe from Boot to Fairy, and did a pretty good job (for a girl). I can't pick the canoe up, so Ross picks it up and places it on my shoulders and away I go. We all load up our canoes and take off for 'our' site to find that someone has beaten us to it, so we head across to the other site. It is 12:30. We spend the rest of the day fishing and relaxing. Made pizza for lunch and had some fresh fish and pasta salad for dinner. Weather has been perfect and it has been a good first day...besides the missing wallet and sprained ankle!