Kenora...day four and the morning that we leave.

Sorry it's a little late, we had a storm come in and knock out the internet.

Day four...kind of the bummer day of the week, but it was still fun. We took a super fast boat ride to Smith Lake and Emerald Lake. We hiked the up hill trail to the lake. I liked this hike better than the Fox Lake one just because it wasn't as muddy. It was harder, but I didn't almost lose my shoes. When we got to the boats, neither of the motors worked...the guy that tok us there tried to fix them, but ended up hurting his back. Mike helped him get the motor back to the big boat so it could be fixed and we could get a new one. We sat there for a while, waiting for the other guy to bring us good motors. When he got there he told us that someone had put water in the motors and that's why they didn't work. So, it was kind of an easy fix. But seriously, what kind of dumbass would put water in the motors? I know people like to mess with this place's shit, but really. WHY?! Well, we trolled around for a while and didn't get anything, so we went through the beaver dam creek to Emerald Lake. That was fun, especially getting through the beaver dam part. All the logs that could take out our motor and all...needless to say, we rowed and drifted our way through it. I only caught one fish today. That kinda sucked, but whatever. Mom and I went back to the other lake after lunch and trolled around. Mike and Grandpa stayed on Emerald. It started to rain so Mom and I went on shore and sat under some trees to wait it out. After two rounds of rain we got back in the boat and met up with Grandpa and Mike and fished for a little while longer before going in and hauling all our stuff back up the trail and down to the big boat. The boat ride back was fun and fast.

The morning we left was rainy but good. We were out by nine am and heading back into town. The boat ride was super bumpy and really fast. The lake was really choppy because of the storm. We were bouncing all over the place. Once we got to shore we loaded up the van and headed out. It was two hours to INternational Falls then four hours to Duluth, where we hung out for a while and ate supper, put the fishing stuff back in the camper, and tried to fix my tire. After that we drove the two and a half hours home. It was a long day.

ONe think I kind of got a kick out of was the town we stopped in for a bathroom and snacks. It was called Emo. Nice, little town with nice people.

xoxo