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The journey begins Tuesday, 8/19/03, at Whipple Park.	In Huntsville, Algonquin Outfitters set us up with two ultralight canoes. Ultralight. Ha ha.	We put in at Rain Lake around 4 pm.
Rebecca and Nate demonstrate appropriate paddling technique.	Shelley and Brandon bask in the tailwind on Rain Lake	Sunset
Brandon woke early Wednesday morning to the sound of what he took to be a moose crashing through the underbrush.	Although the sound that first woke Brandon turned out to be a squirrel, our early rising was rewarded when we came upon 3 female moose and one calf grazing in a pond near our campsite.	Bungee cords and yellow rope are key elements of a good "bear hang."
Toad	Frog	Rebecca blows in the wind.
Brandon's view of Nate as the two of them tromp along boards near the lake edge.	Self-portrait #257	Nate and Brandon were glad to have some padding for the canoe yokes this year, but the canoes were still monstrously heavy.
Rebecca and Shelley benefited the most from our lighter pack job this year. Tang rocks!	The best-ever bear hang required some gymnastic stunts.	Sunset on Little Misty
Are we camping yet?	Since Mars was the closest ever in the last 60,000 years, we slept outdoors to watch it march across the night sky.	Nate's afternoon coffee-making skill is famous throughout Algonquin Provincial Park.
Rebecca's favorite outdoor sport is frog-catching.	Ribbit	The Spragues can break camp in less than 30 minutes, but the Sanders take about 3 times that long :)
Orange signs mark camp sites. Yellow signs mark portages.	Beaver lodges are plentiful.	Self-portrait #258.
Behold, the Cliffs of Insanity on Misty Lake.	Brandon leaps! Shelley, fearing for his life, fails to adequately capture the act on film.	Down, down, down