Thursday, August 06, 2015

After some discussion and looking at the maps we decided that we would head to Fire lake to spend two nights there. We encountered a couple at the portage into Hudson who weren’t sure where they were going to stay and heard we were headed over to Fire since Hudson is burnt up mess. They were ahead of us and turns up they decided to go there too. My initial worry about going to Fire was if it was filled up, we'd have to keep on paddling. We paddled over to the campsite across from the portage from Hudson to check it out. It was terrible. There was no way it looked safe for the kids and had several risk dead falls, looked buggy, etc. We decided to try the site to the west, but as we headed out another group a canoes came into view. It was obvious that we were paddling towards the same site. The women and four teenagers informed us that they had put in that day with that site in mind. I was really frustrated at this point as it was 2:00 pm, we were hungry and it was threatening to rain. There was no way I was going to have an argument over a campsite so I turned the canoe to look for the fourth and furthest east campsite on Fire. The lady told me she knew for a fact that it didn’t exist as we paddled away, which turned out to be true.

Tired and hungry we decided to head over to Lake Four. I was really frustrated at this point and being peak season and all, was hopeful that we would be able to find a decent or even any site on Lake Four. Between the two short portages we grabbed a bite to eat and put on our rain pants and it started to sprinkle. The first and second sights that were empty on Lake Four were less than desirable. I remembered a site we had day tripped to on our last trip (site 1498) which turned out to be empty.

It worked out to be a great site for the family as it's large and there was plenty of room for the kids to run around ( Bear Fun ) without risking turning supper over on the stove.

We paddled 10 miles that day and covered 160 rods of portages.