"Happiness should be like an oasis,...

...the greener for the desert that surrounds it."

- Rachel Field

June 18, 2001

Black flies, mosquitos, mud, roots, sore limbs, sore toes...

And then...

Today is awesome.  3 miles to WHLWC [White House Landing Wilderness Camp].  You get to a boat dock and blow a boat horn and they come get you in their motor boat.  Bill, Linda, and their 4 year old Ben are all very nice people.  I had a huge ⅓ lb. cheesburger deluxe and root beer.  I watched happily as Barn Swallows and dragonflies ate all the bugs and listened to bats sleeping away, awaiting their evening feast.  I took a swim and played with their dog Pooh-Bear and also with Ben.

WHLWC from my 2006 hike with my dad.

Nothing like an oasis to change the attitude. Now, I was enjoying it all again...


We left and hiked a few miles to a sandy beach (total of about 5 miles on trail).  It was a beautiful sunset and all the sun-dried driftwood made an awesome-huge fire.

A large snake lived there.  We saw its tracks and it 2 times. We saw moose tracks and raccoon tracks.

Stars were visible for the first time.

Jo-Mary Lake from sandy beach