Lovely.  We get to portage large quantities of H20 since there will be hardly any fit for human consumption upon our arrival - IF we arrive - at our "destination lake"!!

Oh joy!  Oh rapture!  :'(

It kinda reminds me of the story the Steve McQueen character tells the Mexican bandito leader in the movie "The Magnificent Seven".  He recounts how one old boy simply took off all his clothes one day, & then how he proceeds to go jump on & roll around on the thorns of a cactus.  When Senor Bandito asks "Why did he do this strange thing?", McQueen quotes the old (naked) boy as saying, "Well... it just seemed to be the right thing to do at the time...".

WARNING TO ALL:  Stumpy regularly carries around 200 pound Duluth packs, wears an "S" on his chest, and has a certain fondness for cacti.  BEWARE!!!  

Jimbo   8)