Sunday Sep 5 Wabakimi

 It was kinda windy and chilly, so Dad set up a wind breaker tarp. We borrowed a fisherman's camouflage tarp when we arrived to put under the boys' tent--it needs a "ground sheet" as it no longer has a waterproof floor. This gave us a spare tarp for the windbreak...which helped a little, at least.

We collected a lot of firewood. Which lasted us all day.

It was rainy for while today too (both Sundays on this trip!) but not as much as last Sunday! We spent more time outside of our tents.

We had soup packed for a rainy day. And since today is our last camping day we could be extravagent. We ate a lot of it. It was good to have some hot drink to combat the chilly wind.

The sun came out again. And we hung up our food pack for the first (and last) time on this trip. Didn't want that mouse to have even worse health problems. More importantly, we didn't like the holes being nibbled in our pack.

We still have lots of soggy clothes. We tried hard to dry it out between rain showers.

Matthew wasn't feeling so good today. He spent a lot of time laying down in his tent feeling cold. And in pain. Eventually he came to lay in the warm sun. But that was the extent of his enthusiasm.

The rest of us went exploring along the rocky shore. Heading along the "river" that connects the two lakes...in the direction we plan to portage tomorrow. The bushes where a bit thick, so we didn't get that far.

Going along the beach and past the boats, we could walk a lot further. The rain clouds started heading across the lake again, so I headed back early. Also to check on Matthew, who wasn't up for a stroll.

We got a serious game of croquet going. After all, one piece of firewood looked so much like a croquet mallet that it lent itself to the idea. We played in groups of three, with rocks as balls and sticks as hoops. Nathan found a number of pretty round rocks on the beach that worked pretty well.

"OK, I hit the ball, here's your turn Jennifer."

"OK, now you get to go Evelyn."

The only problem was that the hoops would come out pretty easily...not so easy to put in properly as the traditional metal hoops...but still, ours worked well enough!

And then the battery on my phone was completely drained. It lasted a long time, but it refused to turn on again after the epic croquet game. We have to rely on our memories alone to remember what the rest of the trip was like!