Sunday, June 26, 2005
The booze hits my head harder than expected. Worse yet, the pancake mix is gone. We eat fried potatoes and dried eggs. The eggs have the texture and taste of burnt rubber and I enjoy the flavor intermittently the rest of the day. Not quite the hangover helper I needed. We brake camp and make our way to Gull. Since we stayed and extra day on Pietro, we need to travel all the way back to the Little Gabbro entry today. The portage to Gull is a piece of cake. Gull looks like a nice lake but we don't have the time to explore or fish. There are two portages to Bald Eagle from Gull and the first is very short. In between there is a short marsh paddle that is quite beautiful, scenic and serene. The second portage is more intense, mainly due to the length and a few elevation changes. We get to Bald Eagle and have the good luck to have the wind at our backs for the majority of the return. We troll through Bald Eagle, Gabbro and Little Gabbro and catch one last northern and stop for a picture. There's plenty of wildlife to be seen...Bald eagle, two deer drinking water, turtles. No moose. The transition from Gabbro back to Little Gabbro involves a short rapid which we run through inadvertently fully loaded down with packs. Fortunately we steer through straight and make it unscathed. The final portage to the truck is not bad and we get a shower and cold drink back at the outfitters. All in all a great first trip. One more day for this loop would have been better as we didn't get to enjoy Gull lake. I had trouble adding photos on this report...will have to put them somewhere else.