Hidden Lake Day 3

Day 49, Wednesday, 8/5: Another lazy day. Bob started cooking breakfast outside but it started to drizzle so we finished up in the camper. This is a great campground and we are happy to stay here for a few days. Did a bit of house cleaning, including sorting some of the bins in the trailer. Need to do that once in awhile because things get scattered. I combined two of the food bins so we now have another bin for stuff we have purchased along the way. Visited with the camp host (very nice couple, retired university teachers probably in their 50’s) and they have a very old yellow lab (almost white). Bought some firewood and she told us about getting water from the Upper Skilak Lake campground which is about 5 miles up the road. The water here has to be pumped and it takes 14 pumps to prime and 60 to fill a 5 gallon water container! We didn’t count but she did!!! Anyway, we decided since we have 4 of the 5 gallon containers to fill we would take the drive! After filling the tank in the camper we both took showers for the first time in 3 days and it was WONDERFUL!! Took a 1 mile hike on the ‘Burney’ trail named after a young man who spent several years in this area studying lynx and snowshoe hares. At the end is a nice overview of several lakes (Hidden and Skilak). Good to get some exercise…. We are now having a campfire and a glass of wine and hoping it doesn’t rain.