We woke to another wonderful calm day. We made some fresh coffee and enjoyed a fruit cup and breakfast bar then decided to venture out and get some real wood for the night’s fire, do some fishing, and explore a bit. We were very successful finding lots of drift wood to burn! We only caught a few fish during our exploration , and we hiked to Conchu lake that turned out to be a designated trout lake; because not all of us had trout stamps, we decided to not fish it and head back. It was a great day on the water.

We got back to camp around 5 PM and started a fire and spent a lot of time fishing from shore and telling stories (often continuing our inside jokes). The randomness of stories and adventures are things that make these trips so special!

Later that evening it began to rain but because we were now well equipped with wood and had a perfect tarp set up over the fire/grate area, we enjoyed the night eating hot chili, drinking semi cold cocktails and telling even more stories… while staying dry for the most part.

The rain would continue through the night. I was worried about my tent location as I was down hill and could see a stream flow under, however, when I crawled in my tent to sleep, it was bone dry! My cheap $70 Gander Mtn 2 man tent has survived a bear stomping from a previous trip and a few monster rain storms, so far a great buy! The two guys sharing a tent had a brand new tent that did not do so well in the rain making their night a bit more uncomfortable.