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Lots of Animals
by Chlorin8ed

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 09/24/2012
Entry & Exit Point: Little Indian Sioux River (north) (EP 14)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 3
Day 2 of 5
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 BRRRRR!!! was the word of the morning? After much thinking while staying warm in my sleeping bag, I roused up the girls and we started our day. Eggs and Bacon were on order for this morning. As I tried to convince them we had a midnight visitor, he decided to show himself, again, behind our tent. Miranda named it Charlie! Charlie ran around for a good half hour and then off he went. (Later, the next day, we found out he left us to visit the south site and he checked them out for the rest of the day). After breakfast, we decided to explore Shell Lake. Miranda decided she wanted to explore the small island, just SE of Con Island. After a little searching, we found a spot to land and start our trek. It was short lived when Miranda decided to head straight in! Well being on an island that didn’t seem to have any type of clearing since who knows when, we didn’t make it very far. :-) It was very thick needless to say. After hitting road blocks after road blocks, we made our way back the shore line and eventually made are way around the island. Safely back to the canoe, we continue south to the next island and headed to the campsite on the southeast corner of the lake.
We discovered a little water fall right next to it. It was great to have a little explorer with us, she wanted to go climb the rocks and the big one right next to the little waterfall. Next, we headed over to the portage to Little Shell Lake. Snack time and we met a little chipmunk while sitting on the rocks and soaking in the sunlight. Before heading back to camp, we had to visit the rock in the middle!
It is amazing how a big rock and be placed on a big rock in the middle of the lake. Miranda had been eying it all day as we toured around the lake. As usual she had to climb it. We finally made it back to the camp. The wind was still blowing so we decided to put the tarp up to block it a little. It helped and lot and made dinner bearable. Time for Pizza!!!