I am awakened at 3:00 am by the flashing of lightening, the roll of thunder and the sound of rain drops hitting the cab of my truck. I make a dash for the restroom to freshen up before I continue north. As I leave the rest area, I decide to just take my time, and I get to Ely a little after 6:00 am. I go to Voyager North for a hot shower to really wake up. Then is out to the truck to drive around and look at various RV campgrounds for my possible next year trip. I go to Fall Lake, then Silver Rapids and later to Moosetracks where I meet Jim who post here occasionally. I return to town assured that most of the outfitters are open as I am searching for something specific… An hour or so later I find it at Piragis, a 60 inch Bending Branches Beavertail and I purchase it! Now back to V North to kill time until Satchmoa gets there. He is coming out from the Entry Point I am going into… 16 Moose River North. I kill time on the bench in front of V North, and the pick nick table in the back until I become sleepy and head to the truck to recline and doze… while dozing I hear several vehicles pull into the lot and then shortly I hear “What are you doing that truck, you Arkansas Hillbilly?” Satchmoa has arrived, with him is Paddlefasterpastor… They shower and we visit for 30 minutes or so before they head south. Satch tells me they have heard wolves last night and this morning on Nina Moose… Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to hear them too on my way in! Before Satch leaves I give him one of my homemade Granola bars to try on his way south, I hoped he liked it! I then head to Fenske Lake Campground to spend the afternoon before I come back into town to call the family, have a good dinner, get leeches and head back out to the campground to sleep. Later that evening as I sat on the fishing peer at Fenske I meet a nice young couple with a 2 year old daughter and we have a nice conversation before we all retire to our campsites to sleep.