Day 16: F 9/28- A Long Walk

We left our odd little campsite early with only a shake for breakfast. The rest of the three and a half miles to the Potlatch Dam was pretty straight forward.
The landing at the dam was really nice with a little recreation usage card for us to fill out our names, group size ect. The other side of it was certainly less than nice. We contributes it to the low water, but we ended up havering to carry the canoe over a pier of large, jagged rocks.
After the dam, it was a quick mile or so to get to our the Kiwanis Park. This park would serve as our landing to resupply in Brainerd. We didn't find water on site, and had to walk to miles to get grocery's and Lily chow. The walk back was a challenge, but the 17lbs. bag we normally get has 20% More, Absolutly FREE! Good for value, bad for walking.
We got back to the canoe and no one had stolen our stuff; we were a little nervous. The next ten miles were pleasant as we made our way to Crow Wing State Park. There we filled up our water and discovered that they had showers! We took the opportunity for hot water and charged the phones a bit.
The watercraft campsite was another mile down the river, so we left with only a half hour of daylight. The way the park was layed out, the watercraft campsite was right next to a group campsite. When we got ther, a tent was already set up. Maggie talked to them and 60 more people were coming. We ended up camping across the river on another spot that normally floods. Dry cracked soil with plenty of wood was the makings of a pleasant night.