Tuesday, August 19, 2008 We slept in, since we had stayed up a bit late around the fire the night before. Got out for some fishing from about 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. I'm on vacation, after all, and getting up early and rushing on day one did not appeal to me. Caught several fish , the biggest being my son's 4 pound northern( I meant to take a picture of him with it, but we ate it first). We explored the mouth of the river a bit. My brother and I had to get out of the sun, since the weather was unseasonably warm and the skies were clear (one of the few set-backs of being Irish, we burn easily). Couldn't afford to burn badly on the first full day. This did not sit well with my darkly complected son. I could tell he was bored hanging around the campsite in the middle of the afternoon, he wanted to be hitting the fish hard. I also needed to stretch my legs and walk on dry ground for a while. My legs and backside we starting to take beating, Sitting with legs folded as I was in the canoe for extended hours. We went fishing around the mouth of the river that evening. Nice, calm water. Gorgeous. We caught a few fish, and heard a great deal of commotion on the water on one occasion. That made us think about coming back later. We went back to camp. Built a campfire and ate fish and potatos baked in the coals. Another gorgeous evening, with lots of moonlight later(the full moon had been on the 16th). Since we are rookies at treating water with tablets, as we are, I am feeling a bit dehydrated, and prone to cramping.