Day 9 Sunday July 29 Today we head home. It has been a fun trip. We pack up and head to the store to pick up some last minute souvenirs. I purchase a moose covered apron for my moose loving wife. I now call this the ‘magic apron’ because when she puts it on magic things happen in the kitchen. It was certainly worth the price. Jerry Vandiver’s CD (http://www.jerryvandiver.com/Home.html) was sitting on the counter so that was added to the pile of goodies. Check out him on youtube…especially his Camp Coffee song. After all purchases were made we headed down the road toward home. We made sure to stop at Tofte to pick up ‘dem Golden Age passports. We would have saved some bucks if we had had them. We also stopped at Two Harbors where another moose was added to my wife’s collection. The trip home was good and uneventful. Monday would be back at work….. Summary and lesson learned…. -My fears about BIG windy Brule Lake never materialized. -We usually go in on a Weds rather than a weekend when there seem to be less large groups…For some reason this place was real quiet until around Tuesday. -Crescent lake CG is a nice camp ground to visit…would like to paddle that lake someday. -I packed too much food again….but if we didn’t have those two fish dinners and got wind bound for an extra day we would have been screwed. - Dr Z brought some wonderful elixer (“Canadian Mist”). I haven’t partaken of hard stuff (was partial to blackberry brandy) since college days 40 plus years ago after getting violently ill from too much of the stuff. He shared his little plastic bottle with me as a night cap….it was way nice. -Gotta be careful on the portages on this side of the park…seems easier to trip over rocks and roots. Portages seem to be a bit more rugged -There are a lot of trip options from Winchell which in itself is a nice lake.

Thanks for reading this...dr bob