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1st trip to BWCA
by PikeLover

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/25/2011
Entry & Exit Point: Moose Lake (EP 25)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 4
Day 2 of 5
Friday, August 26, 2011 After being towed to splash lake our group hit Ensign by about 8:30am I was so excited have been waiting for this trip for 2yrs now. Wanted to get a campsite on east end then not even to the narrows yet and my wife starts to say she's out of gas and wants to start looking for a campsite. Now I would never hit my wife but after hearing she was tired and asking about bout that site 4 or 5 times(even though the site and campers already) I start to wonder if I could reach the back of her head with my paddle. It was also about that time I realized a map that had campsites marked on it would have came in nice. After a lot of drifting and paddling we finally made it to the south east end of lake and the first open site we found on the lake. Had camp set up and started fishing from shore by around 11am after a couple hour of fishing from shore and the only thing to show for it was a small pike and smallie and dave and steph had caught decided to try and get a little nap in now that we were around 30hr of no sleep. By this time our tents are baking in the sun and it is way to hot to sleep in them or anywhere for that matter except under the shade from the tarp but while laying there half dead we got our first taste of the flies. It was the worst nap ever. After dinner we tried fishing till 8 with no luck and all decided sleep sounded best.