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Lake One Loop through Wilder, Rock Island, Turtle and many more
by tcherco@gmail.com

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/06/2009
Entry & Exit Point: Lake One (EP 30)
Number of Days: 7
Group Size: 2
Day 3 of 7
Monday, June 08, 2009

Today was probably the worst day weather wise but we still found ways to enjoy the day. I started off the day by making a terrible batch of pancakes but we still ate them. After that we had a pretty long portage into Bridge. It started drizzling while we worked a way through Lake Four and Bridge Lake. When we finally got on the creek heading south into North Wilder we were pretty drenched and rain had somehow soaked through Mike's rain jacket so he was getting pretty cold. After paddling some beautiful country we got to our campsite on North Wilder where we called it quits for the day. We rushed to set up camp in this rain, purify some water, and salvage some dry wood for later. Mike was getting really cold so I let him warm up in the tent while I hung up a tarp and set up a clothes line under it to start drying our soaked clothes. Not the best day of the trip but still fun.