Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 14:46:50 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob Smith <bobmflorida@yahoo.com>
Subject: Great North Woods   Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Paddling the first half day on the lake was fun. The boys talked, joked and
paddled up the long lake to their camping grounds. After a shore lunch,
things changed.

The constant paddling caused cramps in their arms. The muscles in their
legs became sore from the sitting on one positon for a long time. Although
the scenery was brilliant, the boys never noticed. The water was deep and
blue but the boys only saw more miles of paddling. The trees cluster on the
side of the lake, their long line of green only broken by huge
boulders. There were no shady beaches, only low spots that might allow a
single canoe to beach itself. Onward they paddled until Gunner announced
that their campsite was about a mile away. They picked up the pace and the
mile went quickly.

"Here we are." Gunner announced. The boys saw a low clearing covered with
boulders. There would be room for their tents and fire ring but not much
else.

They beached the canoes and unloaded their supplies.

"Pick a spot to set up your tent." Gunner told them. "Baker and I will be
over there." as he pointed to a clear spot away from the group.

Chris and Jackson had been canoe mates all day so they assumed they would
share the same tent. Together, they found a clear space and set up their
shelter. They spread out their sleeping bags and threw their dry clean
clothes in the tent. They were too exhausted to do much else. No one told
them this trip would be so much work.

After dinner the boys sat quietly around the campfire drinking hot
chocolate.

They were each asked in turn how their day went and how they felt. The
group unanimously said they were tired; their muscles hurt; but the day
went well. Shortly after the sun set, Gunner told them all the boys to go
to bed. He reminding them that there should be no food in the tents as
there was bears in the area.

Two of the boys reluctantly set up a line between two large trees and
pulled up their food so a bear could not eat it during the night.

Chris and Jackson took off their clothes and climbed into their tent. They
stuffed their smelly, sweaty clothes in a corner of the tent and settled on
the top of their sleeping bags in their underwear and instantaneously fell
asleep.

Twelve year old boys don't really believe all that they are told by
adults. The idea of hanging your food up was nice but a total waste of
time. Just ask any tween or teen, so when the gun went off in the middle of
the night, all the boys jumped out of bed and opened up their tent flap to
see what was happening.

Another shot was heard. The boys pointed their flashlights in the direction
of the shots to see Gunner, totally naked, crawling out of his tent with a
starter pistol. He stood up and fired two more shots in the air. It was
only then that the kids saw two very large black bears on their hind legs
trying to get to the food suspended about their heads.  The bears looked at
Gunner, who let off another round of shots, and only then did they decide
to slowly maunder out of camp.

As the bears left the camp, the boys, including a naked Baker, climbed out
of their tents. The boys were all in a variety of underwear as they chatted
about the close encounter.

As the chatter slowed down, Gunner said," I know some of you thought that
putting the food on a line was bull shit but now you know why. Bears can
smell food from a long distance that's when we hang out food, keep no food
in the tents and bury our kitchen waste."

The he walked over to the fire and threw in another large log. The boys
drifted to the fire and sat down still talking about their "near death
experience."

"Guys, you have two minutes and then back to bed. It's another long day
tomorrow."

Two minutes later the kids were back in their tents.

"Did you see how big Gunner was?" asked Jackson in a voice so low you could
hardly hear him in the tent.

"Hard to miss that cock and balls they were so big." whispered Chris, "and
did you see Baker? Fuck, he was naked and sleeping in the same tent as
Gunner. His dick looked fat and long for a sixteen year old. I wonder if
they were just sleeping or playing around."

"This is going to be an interesting trip." Chris said as he promptly fell
asleep.

The next two days were just like the first one. Lots of paddling, setting
up camp, eating and falling asleep. The routine didn't change much except
they were not visited by another bear. Each night the boys were exhausted
and each night they hit their bunks and fell immediately asleep.

On the fourth day, things changed. They all seemed to hurt less and be more
energized. They actually joked and splashed water at each other as they
paddled up the lake. When they stopped for the night, they weren't nearly
as tied as they first three days. In fact, they were refreshed.

"Guys, we are not going to paddle tomorrow. Tomorrow is a day of
rest. After dinner you can go for a swim. Tomorrow get your clothes washed
up. You all stink. Your sleeping bags will also need to be aired out
tomorrow as well."

"Can we go fishing?" Noah asked.

"Absolutely." said Gunner.

The boys set up their tents and got the evening meal ready. When all the
dishes were done, the trash buried and the food hung, it was free
time. Unlike past evenings, the boys had energy to swim.

"Listen up." said Baker. "Here are two bars of soap so use when you swim
this evening."

The boys settled into two groups. One immediately dropped their clothes and
jumped into the lake. Chris, Jackson and Luke were in this group. The other
stood on the big granite boulder and just looked at the boys in the lake.

Finally, Noah said "Fuck it" and ripped off his shorts and underwear and
ran down the gigantic slab of rock into the water. The massive piece of
granite was half in the lake and sloped onto the shore. It was the perfect
place to sit in the sun and off the ground.

Jace and Nolan stood on shore and worked up courage to bare themselves.

"I will if you will." said Jace.

"OK on three"

On three both boys stripped off their clothes and joined the others in the
lake.

All the boys played in the lake as only boys can play. They were loud,
yelling names, splashing each other and doing tricks off the boulder. In
spite of having a good time, the cold of a glacier fed lake finally got to
them.

They moved closer to shore where the water was warmer and in waist deep
water soaped themselves well and started to wash.

"You want me to soap your back, Jackson" asked Chris.

"Sure." Jackson said as he stood with his back to Chris.

Chris took the bar of soap and spread the suds over Jackson's back and
rubbed it in good. He passed the soap to Jace who was doing Nolan's back.

Chris started to rub the soap lather deeply into Jackson's muscles.  He
was, in effect, giving Jackson a back massage. Jackson started to tell
Chris how good and relaxing it felt. Jace followed Chris lead and started
to give a massage to Noah back. Like Chris, Nolan encouraged his partner to
continue the back rub and do it even harder and deeper.

Luke and Noah were also tent mates. They took the other bar of soap and
also washed the other guy's back. Both boys felt strange touching another
boy even if done in an innocent way.  It was especially strange when both
boys boned over being caressed during the innocent washing.

"Jackson, you want a proper massage tonight? I have real massage oil we can
use." Chris said as he turned his back to his companion and allowed his
back to be washed.

"You any good in giving massages?" asked Jackson.

"Hell yeah! I am terrific. Shit!  I give them to my brother all the time."
was the reply.

"Can you give us one as well?" Jace asked looking at Nolan. "You want one?"

"I'm not sure" Nolan said.

"I will give anyone who wants one a massage. I can even give a happy ending
if you'd like."

Only Jace laughed. The rest just looked oblivious to the comment. Then
Jackson smiled and that led to a laugh. He got the joke.

The boys finished up their bathing and got out of the water. Out of
curiosity, Chris looked at each guys' crotch as they exited the water. In
fact all the guys were checking out all their friends. It was a nonevent
however, since the cold water drove all the hanging parts into their body
cavities. Even Noah and his tent mate were curious. They had never seen
another naked boy in their lives.

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