The clouds cleared over the night and the morning was bright and clear. I awoke first so I took the time to grab my camera and take some pictures of the morning. The dew had covered everything and I started to notice the massive amounts of spider webs strung in a fallen tree in the site. It reminded me of the movie “Arachnophobia” the webs were so thick. We ate breakfast before once again packing up the canoe and heading off for new and unexplored areas.

We made the portages back into Jenny Lake, then Angie Lake, before crossing into Ogishkemuncie Lake (Ogish). We knew now how far we could travel in a day so we decided on another super small paddle day and made our way to a island campsite in the middle of the south side of Ogish Lake. We unpacked everything (which was all damp from the two days of drizzle), hung clothes lines and all of our gear, including the tents, and jumped back into the canoe (it was barely past 10am) for some exploring and fishing.

We paddled around for a few hours, visiting the portage to Spice Lake (nice view) and the waterfall / rapids area (where I slipped and scrapped up my ankle pretty badly while trying to get a photograph of a Bald Eagle that was sitting in a tree) that flows from a small, unnamed lake, near the portage to Mueller Lake. We visited sites on the south side so I could continue my “toilet” photograph series and stopped at a rocky area in the middle of the lake where I set up my camera and took a group shot of us standing, seemingly, on nothing but a few rocks (which we were).

The rest of the day was spent swimming, relaxing, and generally doing nothing. Our gear dried quickly in the light breeze and hot sun so we set up the tents and got the rest of the camp squared away before making dinner and watching the sun set. Because of the shortness of the day we stayed up late into the evening. The moon had started to rise much later in the night so we were treated to an amazing view of the stars.