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Return of the Cousins Camping
by BonzSF

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/18/2022
Entry & Exit Point: Mudro Lake (EP 23)
Number of Days: 11
Group Size: 3
Day 10 of 11
Saturday, August 27, 2022 We wake up the next day with a weather report of a storm coming in sometime today/tonight. It looks real threatening during the morning. So we set the tarp up in the clearing. BAM here comes the rain just as we finish the tie offs. We pull all the gear in and settle down to making breakfast and coffee. We ain't going anywhere soon.
The canoes are happily tucked in the forest
The only people using the portage today was a father/son who were camped at the site closest to the river on Horse. and a group of three canoes headed to Lower Basswood Falls. I try a little shore fishing and don't get much . One bass and that's it. We see a canoe in Fourtown but they're getting blown around by the wind and paddle away. I figure this is our last night. It's pretty chilly, So we're going to have a good campfire tonight. I hop in "my" canoe and go collect some firewood.
Then we just hang around the campfire and watch the dark clouds build in the East.
we eat the last of our dehydrated dinners and enjoy our last sunset in the wilderness. Luckily we got one with all the clouds
We burn up the firewood and stumble off to bed
A VERY relaxing day that we all appreciated.