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Isla’s First BWCA Adventure
by GopherAdventure

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/03/2018
Entry & Exit Point: Snake River (EP 84)
Number of Days: 3
Group Size: 2
Day 2 of 3
Saturday, August 04, 2018 Isla and I slept great. I got up around 6, but she slept until 7 or so. After an oatmeal breakfast with a banana nut muffin chaser, we headed out to explore and fish a little as the water was calmer than yesterday. We fished the western shoreline and pulled in a few walleyes and then fished the eastern shoreline just out from our camp and caught more walleyes and Isla pulled in another nice crappie. We headed in to relax in camp and eat some lunch as the wind picked up big time. After a snacky lunch we sat and watched the whitecaps in the lake and admired he myriad of boulders and tiny islands that are all over Bald Eagle Lake. At one point a float plane flew over us, definitely under the 5000 feet regulation, but I couldn’t tell if it was Forest Service. It didn’t look red and white like the beavers the forest service uses. We ate a dinner of Mac and Cheese with some rehydrated veggies and mini apple pies for dessert. I watched Isla play in the water with a bug net trying to catch minnows and crayfish for a long time and we had a very relaxing evening in camp. We munched on some jerky, crackers and cheese before turning in for the night.