Day 1

Evening

Beautiful day! On water early, by probably 9:30-10:00 AM. Was interesting being in the back of a 3-man kevlar canoe. John isn't much of a paddler, and so far seems to be in over his head. But it's his trip. Burned myself with hot water making lunch. Freeze dried meals aren't bad--so far.
The area is a little charred yet. I think remnants of a wildfire here in 2005 or 2006, but there's a lot of dead trees around. Not sure if it's drought or what caused it. From what John says, it was green two years ago, so it wasn't the '99 blowdown.
Made about 4.5-5 miles on the water today, think we're going to stay here for a while.

Bedtime
Not sure what time it is, but it has been a beautiful night. I think it's sinking in to a few of the boys what a special place this is.

This is God's Country.