Day 16: July 20, 2012

Angela and the volunteers went to get water after breakfast today, and ran into some National Park Service employees on the dock, who offered to carry some of our heavier gear back to Mott Island for us!! That is such an exciting thing, because the hike back was looking to be more difficult than the hike to McArgo Cove! They took our wetsuits and our inflatable boat, which was so appreciated. All of the NPS personnel have been so helpful since day 1 of our trip- Thank you all so much!! We couldn't have done it without you!!

After packing up everything else, we hiked back to Daisy Farms! We tried to occupy ourselves by telling a story in a line about a wizard named Nantucket. He wore matrix robes and wore a cupcake hat. I will upload a picture of one of the more exciting scenes from our story as soon as I get a hold of it!!

For now, here's a picture of a frog that we saw.

On the way, Charlotte and I talked about the Scarpa insoles for a while. She was telling me that her hiking boots are sort of old and worn down, but adding the Scarpa insoles to them has helped to make them a lot more comfortable! They give her a lot more support, and her feet end up feeling better at the end of a long day of hiking!

We made it all the way to the outlook before we ate lunch!! We all collapsed up there in the small patch of shade. When we finished eating though, there was only a little over an hour of hiking to go! Once we were finally at Daisy, we waded in Lake Superior to cool down, and after that brief break, we canoed back to Mott! We're so tough.

We made it to Daisy!!

Got our tents all set up, and after dinner cleaned up the inside. We discovered a great use for our cute little lanterns from Coghlan's- they can hang right from the top of the tent, lighting it up so that we don't have to wear headlamps inside of it! They were really bright too. Very useful! We love those little lanterns.

You can see our tents in the background!

Thank you, Coghlan's, for the adorable tent lights!!

There was a gorgeous sunset off of the dock at Mott. Goodnight, Isle Royale!! :)