As tempting as it was to stay and enjoy our peaceful 5 star camp, we knew that resting wasn’t one of our pre-trip goals. After a quick breakfast of oatmeal and coffee, we packed up and headed for Iron and the beautiful Curtain Falls. It was a perfect day of calm water and blue sky’s so the distances closed quickly. And with only the Bottle portage to deal with we knew we should be looking for prime campsites by shortly after noon. Unfortunately I didn’t use the compass (again, my inexperience) and added about a mile to our route. Still, we checked out a few empty spots and settled on the last site on the lake closest to the falls before 2:30. After a quick lunch and camp set up, we were off to explore the falls. It was everything we had expected. The boys all got great photo ops and we laid in the gushing white water on the sides. We also fished the pools below several of the rapids and were rewarded with a couple walleye, small-mouth, and large-mouth. Joe also had the thrill of bringing in a bass and having if devoured by a monster pike. That night we enjoyed the end of our steak (now warm for 2 days) and fish with rice and beans. Because we hung around by the falls so long we were a little slow getting camp set for the night. While finishing dinner the wind switched direction and started blowing like crazy. A few seconds later we heard the sickening sound of a canoe bouncing across the rocks. One of the canoes that was upside down but not yet tied, decided to take off. Fortunately Mark C. was quick to the rescue and swam out about 20 yards to retrieve it. The trip had gone so perfectly, I guess we were due for a little excitement.