Thursday, August 29, 2013

BWCAW - Day five (August 29th, 2013)

Last full day...

It had rained some the night before, but now was partly sunny.  We started our day with polenta and bacon bits, then packed up and were ready to go.  We were leaving later than we had planned on and by the time we rowed out on the lake we could see that rain was soon coming and we still had quite a ways to go across the lake.  The first drops started as we were close to the portage (the 216 rod portage!).  We got to shore and started the portage to the beaver dam which is about a third of the way.  Wasn't long before we were completely drenched, but unfortunately the rain didn't stop the mosquitoes.  When we got to the beaver dam it was very muddy.  We managed to get the canoe loaded and pushed off to the other side. 

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