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EP60 - Base Camping on Rose Lake
by dolson929

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/09/2012
Entry & Exit Point: Duncan Lake (EP 60)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 4
Day 4 of 5
Sunday, August 12, 2012 Rose Lake

Today's day trip centered around the falls and getting to some of the overlooks along the border route trail. We hung out by the falls for a while. Very nice place to relax. My plan was to hike west to see the overlook that my wife and I saw from the lake yesterday but she is not much of a hiker over rough terrain and there was no way we were going to make it there with smiles on all of our faces so we cut our losses, turned around, and settled for the overlooks east of the falls. We heard the bear cubs MMmmmrrahhh again that afternoon, it sounded like it was further east towards the end of Rose Lake that time.

Speaking of sounds, later that evening we heard a weird noise, It was like the sound of a strong wind blowing but it was coming from the sky above. It was not the result of rustling of trees or a normal wind blowing around land / objects sound. It was definitely something in the air, as it quickly zipped across the sky from roughly south to north you could follow it with your ears but it was cloudy so you could not see anything. We were all left very confused after that. Border Patrol Drone?