Monday, September 24, 2018 Alarm got me up at 6am and it was noticeably warmer than the last few mornings. The water was still scary looking to me. I needed to get my confidence up with the Prism and also get off The Hump, so in spite of my fears I packed up and hit the water. The seas were angry that day I tell ya, but I made it off the Hump, and in doing so my confidence grew in my solo canoe. I was a bit apprehensive rounding US Point, but made it and opted to take the second camp site south of US point, #1625, as it was a nice beach site in a bay and out of the now winds heading north up the lake. Oh, I felt so alive, so happy to have the Hump behind me, to have gained a lot of confidence in my Prism, determined to give her a name after the waves she tackled today. It was so nice to be out of the wind after being blasted the last 2 days, and at a site with a beach, no rain and one heck of a view of Basswood lake. After setting up camp and lunch, I was blessed even further by a clearing sky and sun, glorious sun. I got out my Luci Lamps, hung out my wet gear and took a swim. It felt like it was 60'+ in that sunlight. It was paradise. As nice as any tropical beach I had been to only better because there wasn't a soul in sight. I had Basswood lake all to myself. The sun only lasted about 45 minutes and then the low gray, drab clouds returned, but it didn't phase my uplifted spirit. I was clean, lamps had some charge, my gear was dry, and I was still out of the wind. Sat on the beach, read, and watched a pair of eagles do their thing. I had my first gear failure of the trip when my camp chair snapped a main back support while I was just sitting in it. Snapped the left back support where it comes out of the base. I was instantly mad I didn't bring my Helinox chair, instead opting for the Alite. Of all the gear to break my chair was the last I expected. It was only just over a year old and on it's 3rd trip up here. I'm not a big guy, 5' 8" and maybe 165#, and take very good care of my gear so I am not happy with Alite chairs. I will amend this if they make it right with me. The rest of the evening I spent watching the busy beavers that had a lodge in the corner of the bay, Hiked in the woods, and read.