Finally nice weather! We awoke to a sunny, yet cool morning on Hansen Lake. Motivated by the good weather and the desire to cover some miles today, we decided to head for Aegean Lake.

Starting off the today, we had a couple navigation miscues getting off of Hansen Lake. First, we paddled into the wrong bay looking for the first portage and then we decided to attempt paddling a creek to avoid said portage. Jan and Greg decided to head for the portage right away, while Kyle and I were determined to push through an ever narrowing creek. A few hundred meters in the creek vanished into a swampy area with no easy way out, so we had to backtrack. We caught up to Jan and Greg on the next lake and continued onto a 90 meter portage that was difficult to find at first and then a 625 meter portage into Wrist Lake.

By the time we hit Wrist Lake it was lunch time, so we took a brief break at a campsite right at the end of the 625 meter portage.

The portage from Wrist to Streak Lake was short and very wet. Pretty much trudging through knee deep water. Aegean Creek was next. This area is very cool and intimate. At the end of the creek are 2 x 20 meter portage. The first one we paddled through and the 2nd we had to pull through. One of the benefits of all the rain!

The paddle down to the south end of Aegean Lake took some time as a good portion of the way steered us directly into a strong headwind. By dinner time, we arrived at a very nice campsite. We enjoyed a great sunset and glassy calm waters. Overall, it was a very good travel day. No fish though. :(

Lakes Traveled: Hansen, Unnamed, Wrist, Streak, Aegean Creek, Aegean

7 Portages: 500m, 275m, 90m, 625m, 100m, 20m, 20m