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We had a great camp fire last night. We were joined by seven canoers, two campers and four people from the power boat who pulled in front of us at the dock. No rain and a clear sky. In the morning we left at 1000 and since we could not see a boat at Daisy Farm we decided to check it out and sure enough it was open . In 2005 we were not able to tie up at either West Caribou or Daisy Farm, but the boat traffic is significantly down this year. I guess that is one benefit of the generally lousy weather. The main reason for going to Daisy Farm was to hike the Daisy Farm Trail up to the Greenstone Trail and then along that trail to the Ojibiway Lookout Tower and then back down to Daisy Farm. We all made the 5.1 mile hike which included going up to the nearly 1200 foot elevation at the Tower. It was a tough hike but we did it in bright sunshine and nice temperatures. To make it even better, we found lots of ripe blueberries along the Greenstone Ridge. We ate lots of them and still managed to pick and bring three cups back to the boat. It was starting to cloud up as we approached Daisy Farm and a few minutes after we returned it started to rain. I used the blueberries to make a pie which we had for dessert after our spinach and white beans over pasta. After dinner the rain stopped and the boys and Will did a polar plunge into the lake to wash off the grime from the hike. I took a shower! I think Aidan is the king of the polar plunges. He is the first in and the last out. He must have lots of antifreeze in his veins because the water is in the 50′s. After the day’s efforts we were all happy to turn in early.