More
snippets from the Adventure Trip Logbook
We did a brief overnight on Sandy Island
yesterday and got to land just in time to watch a huge thunder and
lightning storm come across the lake. Unfortunately, this resulted in
having to put our tents up for the first time as a group in the rain and
start a fire using wood wet from the downpour. Despite this minor setback
not once did anyone complain and I knew it would be a good trip if
everyone could keep such a positive attitude in the face of adversity…
Today we drove to Errol, NH and put in on
the Androsscoggin and canoed to Umbagog. We saw a moose and a black heron
on the way. We also saw loons and one had a baby close to it. I had never
seen a baby loon prior to today’s experience. What a thrill!
We have set up camp and started a fire for
a Bar-B-Q. It is truly beautiful and wild country up here. The adventure
trippers have all commented on the solitude of the lake and how it differs
from Winnipesaukee with no sign of houses or speed boats…
We crossed the lake today, but first
stopped at the mouth of the river to see a bald eagle’s nest, complete
with baby eagles in it. We just can’t get close enough to satisfy our
interest, but we don’t want to disturb the eaglets. Binoculars would be
nice! Thunder clouds came and went all day, but we never actually had
rain. We managed to catch six or seven fish, but none were really big
enough to keep. We have a wonderful campsite facing west for a potentially
beautiful sunset…
There is evidence of moose and deer all
around our site and we hope to see some from a safe distance. Justin and I
were sitting by the campfire after everyone else had fallen asleep and
were startled by some creature, probably a skunk or raccoon, who paced the
perimeter of our site making noises while foraging for food. Tomorrow we
do twice as many miles as today!
Last night we were visited by a
flying squirrel who was very cute and let us get extremely close to him
while he ate our granola. Next we saw an otter or muskrat in the water. We
also saw crayfish and I finally caught a decent sized bass who swallowed
the bait. Ken decided to gut it so that we could grill it and all get a
taste from a bite or two…
July 4th began on a spectacular note!
We started the day out by fishing. We saw two moose in the distance
through the early morning mist. We continued fishing for a bit until we
saw another moose relatively close by. We decided to approach it slowly
and ended up drifting close enough to hear him chew…
