Today we were supposed ot be on dinner duty so we intended
to leave camp early and get an early start. Everything proceeded to plan and I
got up and ready by 6.15 am and after an oatmeal, potato and banana breakfast.
We (Ron, Michael, Keith, I and Justine) left camp and were on road by 7.34 am.
There weren’t many services on today’s route but there were
interesting stops, Agawa pictograph rocks and a lookout point. We did 3 km pace
line and after 1 full cycle we picked up Howard on road and he joined our pace
line. We stopped at 35 km for a stop and I had a sandwich and we pressed on to
stop again at the Agawa pictographs. We took the 1.5 km side trip to a park and
then a rugged 500m hike to take a look at the drawings. The view of Lake
Superior was spectacular and the water crystal clear. Since we were on a cliff
and the sun was shining the water was transparent and it was a very great
sight. After the nice visit we got back on road and stopped again at the look
out and then it was a great view of the lake. The lake is so large fresh water
body and so majestic that it couldn’t be named anything else, Lake Superior.
We were back on road again and people in group were running
out of water. We stopped at a small burger shack and I ordered a large fries
and a gingerale. Others followed the same route and we ended up diminishing the
potato supply of the shop and he had to chop some more. After the stop we were
on road back again and after a few rotations in the pace line and doing some
more rolling hills we rolled in to camp around 3 pm. I was tired, although it
was a short day, and I just relaxed and had a few cans of juice to recover.
We were scheduled to
cook tonight and we were cooking Tuna Casserole, Green salad and had canned
fruit salad for dessert. The camp site tonight was 3 km from main road and we
had no electrical plugins or close water supply so things were a bit scaled
back and slower.
After a good dinner
and wrapping up duties for night, I went for a dip in Lake Superior waters. It
was very serene, crystal clear and majestic is the word that comes to mind. The
dip was then followed up by a shower and preparing supplies for breakfast. I
called it a night at 9.45 pm and simply collapsed as I went to bed.
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| Another crisp morning with mist on the lake at Camp in Rabbit Blanket. |
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| View of Lake Superior at the Agawa Rock. Crystal clear and all fresh water. |
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| The pictographs, dating back to 500BC. |
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