JMB Spring Term Day 23

Date: May 12, 2009
Location: JMB, Masardis, Maine

Day 1 of our first five day canoe trip. We packed in the morning and arrived at Mooseleuk around 4. We cooked brats in the dutch oven for dinner and made a load of sourdough. After camp was set up we explored the lake via canoe.

Accomplishments and Observations:
1) Worked on lake poling
2) Dumped humanure buckets (might seem odd as an "accomplishment" but I thought going through all the stages of the humanure composting system was important for understanding how it works)

Initial Reflections:
It is beautiful country up here. There are no other people but lots of wildlife. We have already seen loons and beaver. An early morning paddle should be interesting.

Current Reflections:
It really was a beautiful area. Exploring a shallow lake that has lots of obstacles is, for me, poling at its best. Poking around in the various microhabitats would have been very challenging by paddle but was really a pleasure by pole. Writing this is filling me with self pity as I have to spend my day studying math instead of poling a beautiful lake!