Thursday, July 06, 2006 Got up at & watched the sun rise, even the boys. Packed up & paddled to final portage. Then 3 miles down Moose Lake to CBO. Stopped & took pictures of bald eagles in the trees. Got back to CBO about 10:30 & waited for the other group. Boys played with Yonah, the chocolate lab that lived there. Went to SirGs for lunch & did some laundry. Had Dinner at CBO with Dorothy Moulter & Iron Horse root beer from town. It's great to have ice again. Tried fishing from the dock until the Brown Menace Yonah started diving in & chasing lures. Poor puppy, he'd passed away by the next time we went.
Returned to Houston then next day. Things we wished we'd brought: Pulley for bear bags, dishrags & towels, Leather glove for hot pots, extra collapsible bucket, Lighter sleeping bags & aluminum griddle. Better lightweight food.
Worst Memories: G- Night of many vomits & diarrea, J-not catching any fish, B-Portages K-Wind lake portage, hornet D- cleaning G's barfy poopy laundry
Best Memories B- hooking giant pike G- watching J get attacked by loons & trying to jump back in boat. K&D- Watching the boys having fun fishing & goofing off. Meeting the challenge of portages & long paddles. Sitting on the rocks at the end of the day waiting for the mosquitoes to disappear & watching the ducks come back to roost. Napping on warm rocks

Sorry if this is too wordy. I cut back some. It was a long trip. But one we'll always remember. P.S on a sad note the Dad of 2 of the boys who backed out at the last minute passed away with a heart attack 2 weeks after we got back. Our trip might have been a lot different. We still miss him terribly.