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Sometime about 5 plus years ago, I did a trip on the Queen. After parking my car, I took my gear up to the boat. My plan was to go from RH to Moskey Basin and back to RH. As I was standing near the boat a taxi came up. A guy and his young daughter (10-12) got out with their gear. They wan't to know where they could see if they could get on the boat. I pointed to where they needed to go. They were able to get passage for the trip. Apparently the Lake was going to give us a some waves (as usual). He didn't have anything for them to take. So I gave them some of the meds needed to be OK on our trip to ISRO. As usual we did some ups an downs on the way to ISRO.

I decided to make it out to Daisy Farm. As I was looking for a place to stay, in came the man and his daughter. We were able to find a shelter for the night. During the night this old man (me) needed to go to the rest room. When I got back, the dad was trying to get his daughter back in her sleeping bag correctly. Her feet were where the head should be and her head was at the bottom of the sleeping bag. When I got up to head out to Moskey, we said goodbye. Moskey, as most of you might know is a very nice place to camp. Several folks from the boat were there, one was taking pictures of the wildlife. The next couple of days I stayed at Daisy Farm and 3Mile CGs. When I got back to RH it was time for food and a brew. As I was getting ready to go into the Grill, the guy and his daughter came out. She said, that she wanted to make sure that I got back to Rock Harbor OK. Some of the nicest people you would ever want to meet or know go to this NP. I always have a great time at this place.

I forgot to mention how the geese didn't let me into my camp site at Moskey. Remember this is just as much their home as it's ours. Also, I came across some folks from SW Ohio. They acted like it was normal to see a guy who taught college classes in their area. This trip was one where I never got wet from the rain.