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Kawishiwi to Sawbill in the rain
by RRHD

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/23/2014
Entry Point: Kawishiwi Lake (EP 37)
Exit Point: Sawbill Lake (EP 38)  
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 3
Day 3 of 5
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - It was overcast and very cold when we got up and faced the day. We all felt pretty smart for deciding on cold breakfasts this trip, we were able to pack almost everything up without leaving the tent, and donned our bug nets to quick shove the tent in the pack, de-tree the food, and get on the water. We all shoved our bars and pop-tarts in our pockets, mixed up a liter of matcha tea in a water bottle, and ate out on the lake where the bugs couldn't get us. The day started overcast and dreary, but by the time we got to Phoebe the sun was out, the bugs were dying down, and life was looking better.  Some people were at the great looking island campsite, so we searched the lake for another site and found one at the neck of an inlet, it was up a skinny path and hard to find, but had a great rock fire area overlooking the lake, a sitting rock down on the water side, and a fine tent pad. The kids napped while I took a bucket bath, another benefit of the far back campsite! I spent the afternoon sitting by the lake while the kids read books, and we had a huge dinner of red beans and rice, chorizo, and black bean and corn salad. All of our clothes dried in the sun and breeze, and our tent was finally clean and dry as well.  We fell asleep by 8:30.