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Base Camp on Caribou
by chadobmn

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/03/2013
Entry & Exit Point: Lizz and Swamp Lakes (EP 47)
Number of Days: 4
Group Size: 2
Day 2 of 4
Sunday, August 04, 2013

Up early. Had to wait an hour for the Egg Beaters to thaw in the sun before we could have our breakfast burritos. Used some of the pre cooked sausage crumbles, they worked well. Also diced up veggies and cheese. Settled in for breakfast and watched "the freeway" that is the Lizz- Caribou portage on an August day. Didn't really bother us, it died down by around noon. Decided to paddle down to Horseshoe and check out some campsites and maybe fish. Enjoyed both Caribou and Horseshoe. We saw lots of groups, checked out several campsites, and finally stopped for lunch on Horseshoe at the campsite in the far Southeastern arm of Horseshoe. Really a unique site, not sure I'd want to camp here, bugs were bad. There were several open sites on Horseshoe, which was nice to see this time of year. Several of them are very close to each other, which I wouldn't like. But it is a very nice lake. We made it back to camp that evening and had a nice walleye dinner. Mosquito's were present, but not horrible. The wind and cooler weather kept them down some. Skies cleared off again and another nice night watching the stars.