Today's destination was Mesaba. My nephew wanted to see if there were really big pike there. The portage coming east out of Trail presented the biggest challenge of the day. Right away, the portage crosses a very steep ravine that required us to inch along with the canoe moving from foothold to foothold.  Repeat with the portage pack. Steep and slippery, but we got through. The day took us out of Trail, over to Tool, Bug, Dent, Chaser and before we knew it we were at Mesaba. We were the first ones of the day to get there so we were able to grab the campsite on the point. All I can say is wow. Good landing, good fire pit, plenty of tent pads, and a large open breezy area. There are also quite a few blueberry bushes right in the site. Too bad none were ripe yet, from the looks of things there will be plenty later in the summer. We had lunch, rested in the shade and decided on a nap. Later in the afternoon, we found good downed tree to cut up for fire wood. We got in such a groove that before we knew it, we had a giant pile of split wood. After dinner, we tried shore fishing. Right away, my nephew go a 20" pike. An hour later, he caught a 30".  That made his trip. Again, the sky cleared up and we had another night of stargazing. The sunset was also very pretty with some blues and purples in the sky.