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For a guy whose ticker wasn't operating at 100%, you sure made excellent time on the water!  You had no trouble keeping up with the flock's migration.  

Frankly, I was far too focused on keeping my butt from being drowned in those high winds & waves (as a result of my improperly loading my Prism) to be worried about anybody else.  I had REALLY screwed up loading my canoe back on Leano Lake... the last time I saw you before we met up at that 1st camp on Kilburn.  Admittedly, at camp, I got a bit concerned re: your whereabouts.  However, for all I knew, you had already bypassed us entirely, possibly following Darrel & Co.  We truly didn't know if you were behind us or ahead of us.  We were trusting the Flamingo Flag to lure you in but weren't sure you would take the bait.

Re: cooking, I don't think anyone in my party would dispute that you ate better than the rest of us.  Matunik would add that statement is particularly true re: breakfasts... being as fond of my freeze-dried scrambled eggs as he is. :P

Lawrence is another one who eats well on his trips.  He reaches into his small bag & manages to pull far more delicacies out of it than I ever do out of my gigantic bottomless blue barrel.

Matunik would jump ship out of my canoe in a heartbeat if either of you gave him hopes of eating out of your larder!

Jimbo   8-)