Father / Daughter Trip
by Woods Walker
Slept in again got up at 10:15, I sleep better in my hammock than I do in my own bed & wake up feeling great. The only problem is finding the will to actually get up. Never will I tent it again.
I fixed us pancakes & then we paddled around the lake checking out the other campsites. We found an impressive set of moose horns on one site. The plan was to take the Hustler portage & hook up with the LIS hiking trail, then hike that for a few miles. Bummer was we didn't get but 1/3 of the way up the portage before hitting a flooded out section that required the canoe. So we returned to camp to swim some more & relax reading a book. We also explored the shore line from camp hiking to the top of another cliff in one direction & the portage in the other. At dinner Jessica asked if I would be mad if we went all the way out on Sunday, I said its her trip & if thats what she wanted, then thats what we would do. I pulled the tarps off our hammocks so we could star gaze this night. We sat on the rock together & watched our final Oyster Lake sunset. That night we were both up late in our hammocks finishing our books & looking at the stars.