Wednesday, July 12, 2017 The rain continued through the night, and we woke to more rain. We were able to get a fire going, but it took a lot of work to keep it going, since there still wasn’t much dry wood, and the rain hadn’t help things (we had set some aside, but didn’t want to burn through all of it).

We pretty much spent the day between checking my fishing pole, playing cribbage, reading, and making sure that we didn’t have to carry out any extra liquid (aka wine). 

We also had what turned out to be our favorite dinner of the trip. Pepperoni and Parmesan Tortellini.   It is pretty easy to make. You need a tube of tomato paste, a packet of McCormick Spaghetti seasoning, a bag of dried tortellini, a stick of pepperoni, and some parmesan cheese. Cut up the pepperoni and fry it a little in a pan, make the spaghetti sauce, boil the tortellini, and combine it all together. Top with Parmesan.

The only problem is when you use your cup for food, you can't have it full of wine!

As evening fell, we had a decision to make. Our original plan was to pack up on Thursday morning and head back to Dissapointment, hoping to find a site for the last night that would be a quick exit on Friday morning. However, taking down wet tents and tarps, and then re-setting up wet tents and tarps are very low on my list of things I’d like to do. We made the decision that if the rain didn’t let up, we would head all the way back.