Monday, September 17, 2012

Days 1 and 2: August 2nd and 3rd, 2012

We're off again!

Left around 1 pm with our new volunteers Rachel and Jennifer! We were all really exhausted for the whole trip up, for some reason. We had to get coffee at a drive through.

Crossing the bridge!!

Finally made it to Houghton at 12 am. None of us had thought about how we'd unload the car in the dark, so nobody had a flashlight or headlamp. But we had our mini Coghlan's lanterns attached to the zippers on our backpacks!! We only used two, but they lit up the back of the truck so that we could find all of our stuff before checking into the hotel! They're incredibly useful.

We woke up early, ate breakfast, and got on the Ranger III at 9 am! I took normal Dramamine instead of non-drowsy, annnnnd... I slept for four hours. o_O

Welcome to Mott!!
Once we got to Mott island, we unloaded our gear, loaded the canoe, and canoed to Moskey Basin!! It wasn't raining this time, which was nice. When we got there, there were no shelters. So we set up our tents. I was really cold, so I put on my rain pants and rain coat- I was so warm!!

So warm. :)
Unpacking!!

This entire camping set could be yours if the Price is Right!! But not really. It's ours.
We had spaghetti for dinner, and played Q and A with our new volunteers, to get to know them a bit better! We reloaded on water and taught them how to use the Steri-Pen before going to bed!

The moon looked soooooo awesome.

Thanks again, Steri Pen, for giving us the gift of clean water!!

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