Not a travel day. Got up early anyway to fish with only one northern to our credit but lots of loon action with one keeping a close eye on us wherever we went. Came back to camp for breakfast of pancakes, bacon, and syrup.

Since we were on Omega Lake we felt it appropriate to paddle to Alpha Lake. We headed north out of Omega and found tough going on the portage into Phalanx Lake. This has to be seldom used as the trail was grown over and footing was horrible in some washed out areas. It was worth it though. Phalanx was an easy paddle and the portage into Finn Lake is short yet and incredibly dark, dank and rocky little wash area where Phalanx must really rush it’s overflow into Finn during the spring months. We traveled past a tree with bear sign and marveled at the steep stone cliff to our right. We found a path up the backside of it and got a really spectacular look at Finn Lake! We returned to the canoe and paddled eastward until we hit two apparently old and overgrown beaver dams. We could see Alpha Lake in the distance and while Terry and Cody hiked ahead to the last dam Scott and I were content to watch them and admire the scenery. On the return we had lunch atop a huge rock on Finn Lake and soaked up some sun from the cloudless sky.

Back to camp for some naps, reading, and camp chores. Plans were made to leave early the next morning and try to find a site on the Cone Lakes for a couple of days before heading out of Brule.