11:00am Wake up, got back home at 2:30 the night prior. Needed to get my new canoe registered, went to the courthouse to get that done by around 12:30. Then I spent a few hours packing and planning food, Also cleaned the canoe pretty good just in case. The previous owners told me it hadn't been used in 3 years though so I wasn't too worried.

My friend Tristan rolled up to my house at around 4, we loaded everything into my car and headed up to Ely. The other vehicle Occupied by Dale and Caylissa left DL around 6:30.

Me and Tristan got to Ely around 9:30, Went to Voyageur North to get the permit and some leeches. Spent some time hanging around and headed to the Lake 1 public access. Got there around 10:30. Took the canoe out for a bit of a test ride in the dark. I wanted to be sure that we would have the ability to navigate and spot campsites. The almost full moon was helping with this a lot.

Dale and Caylissa rolled in at about 11:30, we all loaded our gear in and set off. Checked the time right before leaving, 11:50.

The water was so perfect and the moon was so bright, Absolutely no wind and no bugs out on the lake. Was awesome.

First we went to campsite 2302 which I thought would be taken, ( I was correct ). Then crossed the lake down to 1675, which was open. We set up our hammocks and hung our food, ( Tristan who had never set up this particular tent prior to this deemed that it was broken and slept on a rock). The crew was still pretty riled up so we stayed up for another hour or two.