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Love at first site
by jonoester

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 05/16/2010
Entry & Exit Point: Sawbill Lake (EP 38)
Number of Days: 6
Group Size: 8
Day 4 of 6
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Today was a layover day. The marine and I woke up early to go fishing. We got a couple of bites but had no luck reeling them in. We returned for a breakfast of bagels,oatmeal, nutela and peanut butter. I walked around most of the island which is fairly large and I happened across an entire moose skeleton. This one was still rotting. I wish I had a picture of it but, I did't bring the camera out with me and it's smell was awful. I returned to camp and everyone was getting ready to go swimming. We swam to another campsite and to other island across all of Phoebe. Everyone was exhausted from the mornings swimming and most took a nap on the wonderful slab facing the lake. Lunch was summer sausage, mixed nuts and assorted fruit bars. I napped most of the afternoon and then fished off shore awhile and pulled in a small northern. I released him to grow bigger. Dinner consisted of spaghetti and pizza sauce in the bottle. We went fishing for awhile and caught some more northern and this time cooked them up. They were delicious! Photobucket

WARNING: This tidbit includes a little nasty details for some.

We sat around the fire and played cards for awhile. My stomach started to hurt immensely, so I excused myself to those wonderful forest service toilets. I felt better for now. I awoke during the middle of the night and barley made it out of the tent before the vomiting began. I have had food poisoning before and this sure felt like it. I continued my toilet runs throughout the night and into the morning.