Outcome from July's expedition

Well we are done with the first of two expeditions to Yale. Our recent campout had weatehr that was probably a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10. It could have been warmer, but on the whole it wasn't bad. We are definitely out of practice at the art of setting up a clean camp quickly. The martial speed, and precision left a lot to be desired. We forgot lots of essentials, such as cooking implements, and the proper amount of tent stakes. Jeff ended up getting some cooking utensils up at courgar store, and others we borrowed from the lone fir motel. Wood turned into one of the largest expenses. We probablhy spent 30 bucks on wood. I will bring a load of wood in August to save money on that. The boat used up about 1.5 tanks of gas ($55.5)
One thing that went by the wayside was our use of a supply tent. This concept is brilliant and required. Using a supply tent not only keeps the camp uncluttered by coolers and bags of food, but also secures our items from theft.
On the last night campsite 42 was piliaged by foodseekers. Nobody messed with our stuff; perhaps becuase we were lucky or perhpas because our stuff didn't look that good. Anyhow in August we will definitely revert to using a supply tent. And all valuables should either be carried on the boat or locked in cars.
Overall we had a blast of a time. Trudy and Jessica left wanting to do it again. And I left wanting to do it again. Jeff, Mike, and I fell into the groove pretty quickly. We did enough tubing to make my neck muscles sore but not enough to leave me in a wheelchair. We jumped off the bridge in the appropriate pythonesque manner, as did Jessica and her freind Megan. Jeff, Mike, Elizabeth and I went tubing too and I found that actually tubing was less scary than watching somelse tube. Also girth is good. The little girls tened to fly off the tubes when they ran into each other while those of us more suitably endowed simply bumped and bumbped again. Jeff was able to dislodge me by driving me throuh a particularly nasty bit of boat swell.
Oh yes, one last thing, after Jeff left we decided to go out on the boat one last time. I had to use all means at my disposal to budge the boat. The lake level fell about 10 inches in one night and the boat was almost stranded. We will be at #42 and there is no easy way to moore the boat infront of that site. So I think we should trailer the boat when we are done, or come up with some way to securely anchor the boat off shore. Any ideas?

For August: August 20-21-22-returning on 23

Get big grille ( I will get)
Get big skillet
Bring enough trash bags
Bring 10 tent stakes for green tent
Bring washrack for drying dishes