I sleep sound and long crawling out of the tent at 7:30 AM. A breakfast of coffee, Hungry Jack hash browns and precooked bacon, Then clean up and I'm ready for more adventure. I load the canoe with fishing gear and a day pack planning to paddle the 4 mile length of Slim, then portage into Rice and perhaps Hook Lakes. I paddle into the wind but have a hard time keeping the Wenonah Prism tracking straight without having to switch sides every three to five strokes. I try to j-stroke but the turn of the paddle has to be so radical that I lose momentum. I try a slight rudder after each stroke and that is better, but not fast enough to suit me. I resign myself to switch as often as required to maintain progress into the wind. I circumnavigate the north end of slim and then back down to the Rice Lake portage. The portage landing is a beast with a shallow rock garden extending at least 20 feet off shore and another 20 feet on shore. I almost fall twice on slippery, angled rocks but make it out. A party of three is double portaging out so we chat and they offer to carry my day gear as we head toward Rice. Very nice folks and we chat more on the Rice Lake landing. I thank them as they leave and offer to help, but they have very little to carry on their second trip. They have just vacated the only site on Rice and as I begin to explore the lake, another party arrives at the landing and asks if the site is taken. I tell them no and they make a beeline for the site. I paddle the shoreline of Rice casting a spinner in hopes of snagging a Northern or two. Not a nibble or a swirl. Where are these fish in this hot sunny weather? They must be feeding at night. It is getting to be mid-afternoon so I decide to return to camp thankful the wind will be at my back. But Noooooooo! A third of the way back the wind has switched and is in my face again. I arrive in camp hot and sweaty and go for a cooling swim. Ahhhhh! The pause that refreshes. An early dinner and cleanup and I'm ready to relax. I do manage a short nap and get up at 6:00 PM for some fiddling around camp. Then I start a fire and have a light supper of tuna and cheese wrapped in tortillas. Because of the nap, I stay up late enjoying the last of my adult beverage and listening to the night sounds. The stars are out again but not as bright as the previous night. It's going on 11:00 PM so I hit the hay.

Link to Video "Day 3 Slim Lake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrcdKrA4m-c