MARK (Dad)- Got an early start. On the water around 6:30am at Mudro Entry Point. No problems through Mudro, Sandpit, and Tin Can Mike Lakes. Was taking a short break at the entrance to Horse Lake by 9am when we noticed a slight breeze started paddling Horse Lake the wind picked up even more. At around 1/4 mile from the entry to the Horse River we had a decent size wave hit us on our left side and my daughter said "I don't like that". A few strokes of the paddle later I looked to my right to see how the two guys were doing and to my surprise a wave (possibly the same one my daughter mentioned) gave them a nice roll and on their recoil another one equal to or even bigger smacked them again and they rolled even farther to the right. This caused me to see the underside of their canoe and both of their bodies disappeared into the water. Instant panic made took over as we scrambles to get to them as soon as possible. They were both ok physically. Fortunately I was able to tie their upside down canoe to our canoe and drag it to an island probably around 75 yards from the scene. They both swam to the same island. Two of the three packs they were carrying were still trapped floating under their canoe. The third pack luckily floated straight to the same island. We were lucky to lose nothing. We then became windbound for the next 4 hours before felling safe enough to proceed. Back on the move again we entered the Horse River around 2:30. Beautiful scenery for the rest of the Day, however I was getting nervous about finding an open campsite near Lower Basswood Falls as we arrived there around 6pm. The first two sites that we checked were taken. After portaging to Crooked Lake the three sites below the falls were all open so that is where we spent our first night.

LILY(Daughter)- Woke up at the bunk house at 4am and started getting ready. Slept decent, AirPods with white noise playing definitely helped with the 3 men snoring. We got to our Mudro entry point around 5:30ish and left there around 6am. Stared off with a portage but is was not bad at all besides the bugs. Once we actually got to the water it was so beautiful. It was small and winding and had so many beaver dams. We were able to float over some and others we had to step out and lift the canoe across. No portage that we did today was hard, just bugs everywhere and muddy. We saw over 60 people today and I thought that seemed like a lot. We were making such good time and the weather started changing and it was getting windy and rainy. Brian and Montana were really struggling and were still trying to figure out how to work as a team. We got to the Horse Lake which was the biggest open water we had been on yet and a combanation of wind and waves and themselves resulted in Montana and Brian flipping their canoe. Me and Dad immediately paddled to them and we were so scared because we heard them coughing and I could only see Brian and not Tana. Hats, glasses, seats, paddles, and personal packs started floating away. They were able to have their life jackets and swim to a small island closest to us as me and Dad were trying to save the canoe. I was able to grab the paddles and personal packs along the way. The big pack that were in the flipped canoe were still wedged in it floating along upside down. We attached a rope from our canoe to theirs and pulled in behind to the island. 1 of the 3 packs started to get lose and started floating away to were me and Dad could'nt even see it anymore so we thought that is was gone. The waves were getting worse and the island was solid rock had had nowhere good to get in and out. I finally found a spot were me and dad could both get out and get to work emptying canoes and bring them to onto land. The guys were even able to safe the pack that got lose! Montana hat and glasses even floated to the island and we were able to grab them. I was so scared that I wanted to cry. We were so lucky that everyone was ok and that nothing important was lost. Everyone was pretty shaken up though. We stayed on the island from like 9:30 to around 2pm because of nerves and storms. We tried to paddle to the land pretty close to us but the wind blew us back into a cove and we ended up banked along the side of the place we were trying to get to. We were able to walk the canoes a little ways and make it to a beach were we then waited out another storm before braving to take the water again. At this point we are stressing, tired, hungry, wet, and totally ready to be at a camp and this day be over. We had a few more portages to do along our way. We were hoping to camp before we got to Basswood Falls but at that point it was like 5pm and the 2 sites that we went to look at were full. Dad was really starting to stress which was making me stress out more. We were all at our wits end but had to take the Canadian Portage around Basswood Falls into Crooked Lake in hopes the 1 of the few sites on that other side were available and thank goodness they all were and we settled in to the closet one around 6pm. It is right beside the falls! We quickly set up camp and me and dad started a fire and gathered wood so that we could start on dinner. We had steak and baked potatoes for dinner and it was so good! We hung the food bag and cleaned up and I went to bed while they sat by the fire for a few.

Montana- The best part about Chicago is having a full tank of gas. Started out great this morning. Moving fast. After a good morning we demonstrated how to properly go in for a drink. Flipped a canoe. I'm sure you will hear a 3 hour tour that the Minnow went over.

Brian was too cool to write.

~Mudro Lake, Sandpit Lake, Tin Can Mike Lake, Horse Lake, Basswood Lake, Crooked Lake