Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

Monsoons and Wind on Horseshoe
by WhereRwe

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 07/20/2011
Entry & Exit Point: Lizz and Swamp Lakes (EP 47)
Number of Days: 4
Group Size: 7
Day 2 of 4
Thursday, July 21, 2011 It rained on and off most of the night. There is something I really enjoy about sleeping in a tent during a rain storm. The patter of the rain on the rain fly is soothing and very relaxing. I was up with the sun and put the coffee on. Today was going to be a great day! The sky was blue with little to no clouds and the wind had finally died to a mere whisper. Breakfast was breakfast burritos, with real eggs. I was hesitant to bring real eggs with us, but I was told that they don't need to be refrigerated by a friend and several other confirmed this. We had egg's every morning and no one got sick. We thought today being that we are base camping that we would try our had at fishing Horseshoe Lake. Fishing was successful. We caught several small mouths, two northers, and snagged a snapping turtle! The turtle was probably 20 LBS and not very happy with me as I had snagged his front claw with a Rapala. The rest of the day was spent swimming, reading and relaxing. Dinner was campfire Pizza with dehydrated Hamburger, cheese, and mushrooms. A Campfire was in order tonight as we did not have the opportunity to do so the previous night. Great stories and good old fashion family bonding took place over some wine and whiskey.