Thursday, July 26, 2012 We were up about 5:30 and out fishing. Cool, with clouds scudding across low from the east (uh oh) but some blue above that. Tom got another trout, and he baked that one for breakfast while I broke camp.
Just as we hit the portage out, the rain set in. This made for soggy travelling after a while, as the rain strengthened. Hunkered down under a poncho with Galli on the portage into Roe for some of the worst of it, and then we tried to keep Galli under the poncho in the canoe, as we backtracked to Cap. On Cap, we spotted canoes pulled up at the campsite (sensibly, these folks were tenting out the rain): first sign of anybody for four and a half days. On the portage from Cap to Ledge, we turned south at the well marked fork and headed for Boulder. This portage crosses a narrow pond (combination wading/walking canoe across) and then climbs up and over to Boulder. I think it was at the pond that we found a nice pair of abandoned/forgotten rain bibs, pretty good fit for Tom... I wonder if the original owner was still in the woods; they would be missing those bibs about now...
Paddling Boulder, we met a single canoe with three gals headed north. We pushed south over the carries into Adams and headed west towards Smite Lake. Being somewhat soggy and chilled, we camped early (about 2 pm, as the rain started to let up) on the northwest end of Adams, to make a fire and warm up, some. Got up the tent and a drying line, while Galli snoozed under the poncho.