Monday, August 11, 2008
Note this, it can take much longer than expected to pack up your base camp and move towards home. For us we planned to break camp and start heading back towards Nina Moose by 9:00 am, but we ended up shoving off closer to 11:30.
Kristen and Justin we pretty tired today. Yesterday when I was fishing, they paddled to the pictographs - actually well beyond them - and back again. We made a group decision to take the 115 rod portage route back into Lake Agnes. After being fooled by what we thought was the portage, and discovering it was just a swamp, the rest of the journey was rather easy.
At the south end of the 70 rod portage on the Moose River we heard some boys that were having a great time sliding down a natural “water slide.” It looked like a lot of fun, and maybe next time I’ll give it a try.
Learning from our last attempt to find a campsite, when we hit Nina Moose Lake, we split up and radioed each other when we found a site. Kristen and Dad found a nice site on the western shore. It had room for two small tents, and barely enough room for our large tent. Again, we were treated to a nice swimming beach and good view of the lake. I would rate this site with 3 stars. We set up camp, filtered some water, went for a swim, and had some dinner. As the sun was setting were blessed to be able take a few nice family photos.
In the future I need to remember to use the timer on my camera and take a group picture.
I think Dad, Justin, and Kristen stayed up late and had s’mores, but after the sun was down I was ready for bed.