Places we stayed things that we did, animals we saw. By: Connor Newton

‘Places we stayed in Jackson Lake’

Our first campsite was called, Hermitage Point. We got there a little late and had to hurry and set up camp. After we set up camp we made dinner, after dinner we did our jobs and had our evening meeting before going to bed. The following day after we were ready to go, Anders and I had one-day fishing permits for the whole day. As we sat, Anders and I trolled behind with our poles and as we were almost to Elk Island, my pole snapped from the pressure of a massive 25-inch lake trout. I was crushed but happy that I was able to catch such, an awesome fish. As soon as we got to Elk Island, we immediately had lunch and unloaded our gear. Afterwards we started school. After school the people who were still at our campsite left. Then we moved all of our gear to the campsite. After we brought our gear up and we all found our sleeping spots for the night, we had a short meeting and figured out what we could do until dinner. While the food was cooking the group broke up. Evan, Stephen, and Aaron went out in a canoe and trolled. Anders and I went fishing, and he almost caught a fish but it got away. The next we day went over to a campsite called South Landing and it was a very cool campsite. That was where Chris and I swam in Jackson Lake, and it was very cold! We were there for a couple of days, and then we moved on to our next campsite, which was our original site, Hermitage Point. We stayed there for one night and had our one last night of fun. It was really a blast. We got there and started to throw a bunch of big rocks at a floating log. Evan tied a log behind his canoe and trolled it back and fourth as we threw rocks at it. As we were paddling back to Hermitage Point we saw 2-3 large bald eagles and a very large mule buck. I enjoyed this Canoe trip and I loved doing the activities that we did while at Jackson Lake. I also loved seeing all of the animals that we saw while camping on Jackson Lake. I still cannot believe that I lost that fish, and the fact that Chris and I were the first ones to get our schoolwork done. The three bald eagles that we saw were amazing and proud. In conclusion I loved this trip and would do it again in the future.