Isabella's Trip to the Boundary Waters

(Age 7)
Sunday, July 30th 2006
I am Isabella and I go to the Boundary Waters a lot. Today we walked through water and it was really pouring. We got a nice campsite before anyone else got our nice campsite. I slipped on a rock and I fell. I made a waterfall out of a puddle and some rocks with spider webs. Our grandma and papa come with us every year, except one year my grandma and papa and brother didn’t. My brother lost his worm, it was a red plasticky one so the fish wouldn’t swallow it and he wouldn’t waste any worms. I helped my mom filter water. We had five portages. I had to carry my backpack with my stuff in it, a paddle and my life jacket. We went over 3 beaver dams. We camped on a cliff. I am sleeping with my grandma and papa tonight. My grandma and I are going to play the card game war in the tent. We are going to have a campfire.

Tuesday, August 1st 2006
I saw a waterfall yesterday. It was really pretty. I got to see it up close. Yesterday I didn’t swim because it was really pouring. I left yesterday to another campsite. Today I swam in the lake out far. I saw a piece of driftwood. I went under water. I was walking and then there was a rock there. The rock went down and I slipped, but I had my life jacket on. I couldn’t touch. I had a pancake with syrup and bacon and sausage for breakfast. Later I had a peanut butter stick. Today we are camping on a cliff. It is not as big as the last one. This is medium sized one. Just right now I got sap on my fingers and I hate it. The sap sticks for a long time. I helped my papa filter water. In the Boundary Waters I love it here. I come back every year. I am seven. It’s my fourth year. Me and my brother have lots of fun. I love swimming, it’s so fun. I am going to another campsite tomorrow for our last day. This is so fun! I love it here! And I made another waterfall with water, just water.

Wednesday, August 2nd
Today we climbed on a waterfall and my grandma and papa took our picture. It might be for our Christmas card. We caught a big Norskie today that means Northern Pike. We went swimming today, I made a sand castle. It was fun.
I hope you like this story about my Boundary Waters trip.

Isabella Dusbabek