Thursday, August 24, 2023 No, that's not from last night. Thursday morning greeted me with what is becoming normal. I also woke up with a sore right shoulder. I guess from all the casting I did the day before. Ate some breakfast, and since I hadn't really looked at the south end of the lake, I hopped in the canoe and started off. Testing the shoulder, I headed south along the shore. It wasn't bothering me, so I continued on. I noticed that under the water along the shore it seemed like there were shelves of rock going out. Made for interesting depth changes underneath. Came across a dead head in the bay, but I just continued on. I was looking for a place to land so I could get up on the big bluff (Old Baldy?). I knew I could get there from a hiking trail, but I didn't want to do that, so I searched fruitlessly for a landing. No such luck. I saw another deadhead nearby, so I decided to check this one out. It seemed to have a stamp on the end of it. I wondered how long it had been floating in the lake. I continued on, bypassing the two sites further down and headed back up for some lunch. After lunch, I decided to check out the trail network behind the camp. I hadn't done much of that, other than look over the other spots for my tent. I knew from stashing my BV's that there were a lot of them. Spent a couple hours doing that. I found what looked like an old campsite, complete with two trunks laid out in kind of a half square shape. I also found the remains of a fire. The logs looked like they had been there for a while, but the fire looked to be no more than a year old. Maybe skiers or snowmobilers ? Anyway, I continued on, climbing up on some huge rocks, and finding some boulders scattered throughout the area. But not much in the way of firewood, so if you want some firewood at this site, you're going to have to look very hard. Got back to camp, and my companion at the site decided to come out. When I first arrived, he let me know that he was not happy. But he later decided to be a good neighbor, and quit chattering so much. He is hard to see, but he is there in the pic. It was about at this time that the sun decided to shine I did a little dance, and almost started singing "Here comes the Sun" the old Beatles tune. Okay, I did hum it a little. What a difference though. I hunkered down on the rocks near the shore, and just soaked up the sunlight. My stomach reminded me that I was hungry, so I ate, and had my first view of the moon in 4 days.