Highland Beach-Lost Man's Five by Christian Humber

The paddle was long and hard for some of the group members. The campsite was a ways away, so we set up our camp in between highland and another site. The group was very tired. The fishing was not good at the campsite but the skeeters were, good thing for bug spray, a palm branch bonfire, and bug nets. The next morning was well...unpleasant, because we had to walk half a mile through knee deep silt, and one of the members lost his shoe to the silt. Logan made a judgement call to walk though the silt barefoot while carrying our gear, which was hard due to the silt. When we got the canoes into deeper water, we could push the canoes a half mile. Then we got to a part of the water that was too deep to walk anymore so we had to paddle. We paddled through many bays which is not normally hard, except when you're freezing cold after being exposed to the cold water.
We got to our next campsite around 4:00. We checked the damage on our feet from all the shells hidden in the silt. Nothing but some scratches and a few of us had small gashes on our feet, but nothing too bad, we were just sore. After the paddle, most of us were tired and in foul moods. The only thing that got the group back into a good mood was Dylan face-planting into the deck which was hilarious. David cooked a really good dinner which was a mixture of curly noodles and angel hair pasta with sun-dried tomatoes in pesto sauce. Most of the nights were cold so we had to bundle up in sweatshirts and rain gear to stay warm. Most of the days out on the expedition were nice except for some cold days with very high winds. This was probably one of the most intense days of the expedition, and the most hilarious as well because of the strain on our bodies and minds.