Another nice dry night in Robbie's tent yielded a pleasant morning.  Unfortunately, Brett and Chad and Tobin got very wet because my tent, which I lent to them, leaked.  So, wet or dry, we all had our breakfast and shipped off.
    The trip through the river was not a very long one, but it was lots of fun.  We saw several large birds.  Mr. Hooker thought many of them were hawks and even said that some were young bald eagles.  It was difficult to tell, though, because they don't develop the white head until they are adults.  It will be pretty cool, though, to be able to say "I saw a bald eagle on this trip."
     The entrance into the lake was the coolest part of this trip.  We took this shortcut through this floodplain into the lake.  This year, though, the water was extremely high so we were pretty much canoeing through trees in the forest.  It was very cool to canoe though trees, but the beauty of these dense surrondings ended quickly as we floated into the lake.
     Traveling on Lake Champlain was enjoyable because the water was fairly calm, and it was not that difficult to paddle on.  So, Mr. Hooker and I trudged along with the others, admiring with jealous eyes all the lakeside houses.  Many of those houses were so big and beautiful, but were probably only summer houses!  That made me mad.  If someone can own a house that is that beautiful, they should live in it all the time.  And if they can't live there all the time, for any reason, they should give me a call and I will live there while they're gone.
     When we arrived at our destination, Button Bay, we were unfortunately greeted by a rocky beach with no place to pull out easily.  Finally, though, through much labor, we docked all the canoes, and set up camp.  After many different card games, including "casino," which I taught to seven new people, we hit the sack.