Bog River - Part 1

Now that we are back in society visiting friends in Rochester I can look back and reflect upon the five days of canoe camping. We left VT on Thursday only 4 hours later than our intended departure time. Not too bad I think. I did drive to Dick's Camping goods and Home Depot half an hour away for some last minute supplies: an inflatable mattress; lantern; 100ft of rope. This trip had already been turning into the trip of delays. The day before I, with some help from Bobby, were finishing mounting the new gunnels and seats in the canoe. I would not advise doing this kind of work under the lights from the outside of the garage at 10PM. We hit the road by 2PM and arrived at the put-in around 5:30PM. By six we were on our way. Bog River is not as quiet and private as we had hoped so, we take the first empty site, number 2, on a small peninsula with a fire pit and one good tent spot. Not really ideal for two families. We set-up and spent the night with a nice campfire, smores and a good night sleep.
The next day we set off for some exploring and found a new site, number 11. Very beautiful and several good tent sites, private and good water access. The trouble is, 4 miles and a portage away from site 2 and it's 4:30PM. Group consensus is to make the switch. One parent stays here with the kids and the other three adults paddle back, break down camp, load up and paddle back. I have my reservations but, I agree to go along for the ride. Well, after Shelly and I managed the portage just as dark was taking over it was warm PBR time. After you get the first one down the next is much easier. After all the work the slow paddle for the last mile and a half is amazing. The moonlight and the stars provide just enough light to navigate. The water is like glass and our paddles are the only man made sounds above the crickets and frogs. This is what I came here for.