Day 11 - Palisade & Hassman campsite

OK, yesterday I vented a little about our situation. Truth be told, it is quite pretty here. I would say that if not for the cold, erratic rain, or the over population of mosquito, this place is a paradise. Well enough about that, here's our day. We got up around 6 am, after breakfast and packing, we were ready to leave by 7:15. But with our boat cover in caterpillar, we spent the next hour cleaning them out. We did 20 miles to a town of Palisade, a small town with about 5 small blocks with one gas station as the general store. I did got a ride from one of the local back to the boat where we sat in non-mosquito grass and enjoyed our lunch of microwave burger and ice cream. I've been told that this place used to be a booming town with 2 grocery stores and a bank back in the old days. But like any small town, the kids just don't want to be farmers anymore. We then proceeded to camp at 22 miles away. Over all we paddled for 9 hours to make 42 miles. Camp marker was off by about 1/4 miles, but we found it. We made camp next to some critters home. Don't know what it is, only heard ruffles in the woods. It sounds too small to be a bear. Let hope we or our food bag are not being harassed tonight.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=46.594776,-93.639687+(MyPosition)
longitude: -93.639687
latitude: 46.594776
Caterpillar everywhere





Beautiful sight of camp










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