Day 4: Moonrise

   For our last full day on trail today we decided to do some more campsite exploring while we headed to our final site. Along the way we stopped at two campsites that are written in our big book of campsites to see if they were worth going to in the future. The first one we stopped at was called Onion Point. No one has been there in a long time and the fire ring is no longer there, along with no tent spots on grass. It was one large rock. Not ideal for a campsite. The second one was called Long and it would be a great campsite if the dead trees were moved out of the way. We asked our campers if the wanted to help clean up a campsite and they all said no.
   So we continued on to Moonrise. We made it there around 2:00 p.m. and all had an afternoon nap. When they all woke up they did a team building exercise while waiting for dinner. The goal of this was to get them to speak nicer to each other as well as about themselves. It didn’t really work.
   For dinner we made Mac-and-Cheese, and vegetables and taco mix. All in one pot. As we tell campers; “trail food is really only good on trail.” For dessert, one of our campers cooked some peaches and pineapple with sugar for us to eat on cheesecake.
   We followed dinner with a get-to-know-you activity. Each person goes around the circle and says something based off what finger the group is on. For example, your right thumb is something you are good at. Your right index finger is somewhere you are going in life. Your right middle finger is your pet peeve and so on.
   When we finished we went to bed early to get up early the next morning.
   About 10:00 at night Christina and I were awake in the tent talking when we heard the girls all scream. At first we thought it was just them being loud. Then one of them shouted, “I think someone is out there!”
   Christina and I stuck our heads out of the tent and saw no one. We thought maybe another group was coming to prank us so I got out and checked our food and canoes. But no one was there and there were no boats out on the water. At this point a brief thought of a supernatural creature crossed my mind. Was this an encounter with The W?
   “It was just my water bottle on the tree” finally says one of the boys sleeping in his hammock.
   Crisis adverted and no supernatural encounter.