July 9th

My leg muscles were tense on this morning- glad we only had 4 miles to hike. It was a very cold morning- the campsite allowed all of Lake Superior's breezes to blow right through (right through my hammock also BRR. I was glad I had an extra blanket(although I woke up 1 time with it wrapped around my head and suffered a bout of claustrophobia!) . I woke up at 7:15 and poked around the woods waiting for the boys to wake up on their own. They decided to get out of bed at 10am , but it didn't matter since we were waiting for Bill's group to catch up. A few of the guys were afraid they would run out of food if they didn't lift some from Tony and Bill's packs.
Andrew led the group in , all pink from the sun so we caught up on all the news. Their buddy system wasn't working too well since their whole group came in 1 x 1 except Bill and David. We ate some great BBQ venison jerky that they had received from a guy for helping him portage his canoe,backpacks, and lots of other junk that the guy's girlfriend had refused to help move.
We went to look at the warm waterfall coming down the small creek from Hatchet Lake. I am very glad I didn't have time to sit in it because Jake came out all covered with mini leeches EWW.