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Poplar, Lizz, Caribou, Horseshoe and Meeds Lake
by paddelingruth

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/16/2020
Entry & Exit Point: Lizz and Swamp Lakes (EP 47)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 2
Day 2 of 5
Monday, August 17,2020 Rough night! Both of us didn’t sleep well. All sorts of reasons: ate late 8:00 p.m., couldn’t get comfortable. Got up at 4:00 am and took some Tylenol and Sudafed. Slept in a little tossing and turning. Sat outside on the big rock at our campsite for probably an hour before breakfast. Beautiful day, Sunny and warm and puffy clouds. According to our weather update 70/48. Oatmeal this am, off to fish all around Horseshoe. Dan caught one Northern, it was windy. Sun was going in and out of the clouds all day. Headed back to camp around 2:30 from fishing. Ate a snack, set up the rain tarp in case the weather changed on us. We went clear to the back of our camp, exploring and looking for dead down wood. Found enough for a campfire. Our dog Lil loves running thru the woods, jumping up on logs and climbing up on big tall rocks and playing king of the mountain. Digging in a hole to hide and jumping out at us. Lots of canoes today coming and going. So far no one is at the camp across from us. The kids who had been there at that camp were up and gone before we even got up today. We headed back out fishing all the way back to the NW Corner from our camp. No nibbles , saw two beaver lodges. We pretty much took it easy the rest of the day. Did Mountain House Chicken and Rice meal for supper tonight. Super yummy! Had another fire hardly any mosquitos. Had whiskey & Cherry mix, Good stuff. We were to the tent by 8:30. Dan was asleep right away. Got pretty cold last night. But very peaceful.