We were up at sunrise (6:30am) and on the water an hour later. Our goal was to get to Kekekabic today. We wasted about half an hour trying to find the Ima -> Thomas portage. The west end of this portage is badly marked on Fisher maps and is shown as farther south than it actually is. The west end of the portage is a wide, steep almost staircase that climbs up to Thomas. My wife described it as something out of Lord of the Rings. Here we had our first of multiple meetings with the same two-man USFS ranger crew.

The portages along the Hatchet River (creek?) were short but the loading/unloading times added up and after some navigational difficulties finding the channel between Thomas and Fraser we stopped around 2:00pm at campsite 1395 on a peninsula on the west end of Fraser. Set up camp, made dinner, and fell asleep not long after sunset. Campsite was beautiful and suited to a large group.

Weather was clear, low west wind, no rain.

~Jordan Lake~Jordan Lake, Ima Lake, Hatchet Lake, Thomas Lake, Fraser Lake