Algonquin 1st day

Well I'll start by welcoming you to my blog (or rather, attempt at one). Enjoy

We started off early in the morning by going to one of the park offices as well as getting our canoe.
Our group consists of my father, my brother(Matt), his roommate(Felix), and me.
The paddling started off in a wide lake and eventually narrowed down into the Tim River, which our prospective campsite was along. The Tim River is a very narrow river with tall plants on either side that hinder your sight.
Since only a small amount of people take the same route as we did there was nobody on the river and therefore we were the only objects in the water disturbing the glass like surface. That is until we noticed ripples coming around from an upcoming curve. When we had just made it around the corner we already noticed a large animal with its head in the water,it was a Moose!
She eventually stuck up her head with a mouthful of grass. We were surprised at how unafraid she was. We got closer and closer, but she continued to feed. Eventually my dad decided to throw a tree branch in her general direction. That scared her away into the bushes. It's surprising how such a large creature can disappear so easily and quietly.
Our camp was not far from there, we pulled up on a sandy slope with the fire pit overlooking the river off to the side, our tent locations were slightly into the trees.
For dinner we had packed bacon wrapped filet mignon with instant mashed potatoes and Matt's creation of Jägertee(Hunter's tea). The meal tasted so good after a long wet day of paddling, and it definitely was a lovely reward.
Later that night, Matt decided to go for a walk in the woods, we followed without out flashlights on(yeah stupid idea, huh?).
On our way back to camp both me and my dad stumbled through the woods. I remember looking down and pulling out my flashlight to see what I'd done. I had a deep puncture wound around my left knee . I rushed back to camp where Felix(going to school to become a doctor) closed and bandaged the wound to the best of his ability(there's a whole different story about that coming soon...). I was fine from then on but I had lost my appetite for the last bite of steak. Soon after we decided it was time for bed since the next day would be an even longer day on the water.