Bill, Ruth and a bear on lake one, 9,20-21,2018

We paddled down lake one on a glorious day.  The trees, water and rocks shimmered in the sunlight.  We passed several good campsites while looking for the perfect one.  We found it in the middle of the lake near good fishing and vistas.   We pitched the tarp after Ruth did the tent and sleeping bags.  It was supposed to rain starting in mid afternoon.   We had lunch and took a nap. Sure enough it started to rain at two thirty but we slept on.  At six thirty we crawled out of the tent and under the tarp as it was still raining.     We had hot dogs and salad for supper, visited for a while and went back to the tent.  We slept soundly until 2 am when we heard the food barrel tip over.  We   knew it was a bear.  So for two hours we listened to him bang the barrel and chew on it.   We watched him with our headlamps and he was a big one.   Ruth went back to sleep and i listened till four am.  He must have eaten all the food and left.  I slept till 7:30.  We packed up after a leisurely breakfast of peanut butter that he couldn't get out of the barrel, and coffee.  It had mostly stopped raining and was shaping up to be a beautiful day.  I was sad to leave.