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BEPCO Trip 2010
by BEPCO

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/09/2010
Entry & Exit Point: Mudro Lake (EP 23)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 6
Day 3 of 5
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Other than Jimmy Harper, we all seemed to slept in a bit. My radios were able to pick up weather channels and at 1045 in the morning it was 73 degrees and party sunny with a 30% chance of rain. The rain never came (during the day anyway). Last night (Tuesday) it rained about 3 or 4 in the morning, so I had to stay in campand adjust the tarps and clean up a bit after breakfast. Derrick took out my Kayak at 0900 since his boat partner, Ausin (his nephew / my grandson) did nt wake up until dragged him out of the tent a little after 11:00. We were able to have Fish for lunch.

Wednesday night was clear upto about 11:30 PM - We all laied out on the rock cliff at the camp site and watched the meteor shower. Many bright long shooting stars and one was so bright it looked like a flare. Slowly the clouds started coming in and by midnight the whole sky was covered. Just before 12:30 AM I was looking into the black sky and turned off my flashlight - I was so dark, I wondered how could the moose see where they were walking. I knew one visited our campsite the night before because one left a present for us in a big pile on the trail to the pit toilet. Eventhough there was a cloud cover, there was no rain that night nor in the early morning hours.