Early morning fishing, what could be better? Just to the side of our swimming hole the water is a bit deeper and if you cast far enough, you might catch something! We have never caught much before, but here we caught many (very little) fish that I think were small or large mouth bass. They looked very strange when on the hook! Not worth eating, but fun to catch!
Behind Melanie, you can see that some people had way too much time at this site. There is a bench all around the firepit (which almost looks like a chimney!) and then right behind her is another table! Do watch for mice when it gets to be dust...for they are very used to people! Don't put your mug of hot chocolate down. ;)
What a beautiful morning!
Dishes need to be washed before we go for our exploration trip.
Off we go. Light loads to carry -- just canoes, a day pack, life jackets and paddles. Should be a piece of cake!
We had one medium portage and a few very short ones...I think.
And the destination is the Barron Canyon.
OK, so it looks pretty steep. But a canyon? From the bottom it looked interesting and steep, but we were wondering if the name wasn't a bit stretched.
It was kinda hot in Canyon and we had time to kill. Why not find that swimming hole that we went to when we had only 3 little kiddoes?
We followed the river north but when we arrived at Grand Falls, it was no swimming hole. Not the cool water slide we were looking for. We were disappointed, but swam in the river in a calmer place anyways to try make the best of it. We met a lady on one of the portages who showed us a picture of us (from the top of the Barron Canyon) in our canoes at the bottom. Wow, we thought! It is high up there after all! Neat that we bumped into her!
After a swim and a snack we pack up and head back to our site. After all, we need more food and now we are out of stock!
Home sweet home. Such an ideal site for us. Open spaces, big and rambling. The tent sites, however, were a little lumpy and hard...but manageable. (Says the one who had a sleeping pad. :o )
Drinking, drinking. Matthew wasn't put on dishes duty this year, but pumped us lots of water. Which the rest of us dutifully drank.
Great view over the lake! What a nice and peaceful spot. I felt sorry for the lone guy who camped just across the water from us on our second night here. It probably didn't seem peaceful to him with 8 people making noise just across the water!
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