Mark from Jordan’s was picking us up at 2:00 so after a quick, but wonderful “fried cakes” breakfast, we packed up for our paddle back to EP16. Over the previous few days our strength and technique must have improved (we probably looked pretty rough starting out) as we made it back in about 4 hours (5 hours coming in the first day). Coming out on a Saturday was a little crazy, we must have passed 50 people on the various portages (quite a difference from our previous day on Iron). Since I hadn’t been to the BW since my 20’s, getting back was a thrill. Between the time with my son, his friends, and their dad’s, the exhilaration of pounding through a 160r portage, and the beauty of the wilderness, the place does something to you. We felt blessed by every aspect of the trip and left excited plan the next one.