Thursday, June 16, 2011 I’m up very early…it’s about 5:30AM. I brush my teeth and take in the surroundings, knowing we’re leaving in a few hours. I decide to go drop our food pack so I can start coffee. The tree Caleb found for the food pack is probably 50 yards from our site. The main path I take to our food pack has multiple paths crossing it…most head to different spots on either shore and one heads to the latrine. I hear a sound and look up to see the hindquarters of a moose, traveling pretty fast, head down a trail toward the north bay. I assume I startled him (her?). One of Caleb’s biggest desires was to see a moose on this trip, so I head back to the tents and wake him and Jamie up. They are out of their tent in a flash. I am pretty sure we’re going to see the moose in the north bay, since that’s where the trail leads. We head down to the water, but see nothing. We backtrack and look all through the vicinity. There is another campsite to the west, which was occupied just within the last day or two, but we are reluctant to head any further west…we’re already getting pretty close to their site. The moose is gone. We’re on the water by 9AM and take the 24 and 65 rod portages into Agnes. At the end of the last portage I tie on a Shad Rap so I can troll across Agnes Lake. As I’m finishing up, another group drops their first load of gear and we hurry to get on the water and out of their way. It isn’t until later in the day that I realize I left my forceps on a rock at the portage. I’ve had these for over 20 years and they’ve become like an extension of my hand…they can be replaced, but it won’t be the same. We reach Nina Moose Lake at about 11AM. Our concerns about finding a site on Nina Moose are unfounded, of the 7 or 8 sites, only two are occupied. We find a nice site at the southern tip of the point that is directly across from the Portage River and set up camp. The site has a great open area at the tip of the point, an adjacent sheltered kitchen, and individual trails to separated tent pads. Although not as nice as our site on Boulder Bay, I’d rate this as a 3.5 to 4 star site (poor landing area probably the biggest detraction). We have a no cook lunch, then hang in camp, fishing from shore a bit. It’s very shallow around our site, so the shore fishing is not great. We manage to catch a few small walleyes. We have chicken ala king for dinner, then we head out for some evening fishing. We catch a few small walleyes and Caleb catches a small perch. We head back to camp and are in our tents before 10 PM. Highlights: Moose, Finding a great site on Nina Moose Lake Lowlights: Leaving my forceps at our last portage