Thursday, September 06, 2018 Slept pretty good last night but it got done into the 40s and was a bit chilly, doesn't bother us much but glad I bought my Rockwood beany. So time to start packing up camp, no real rush I will just take things leisurely. It still pretty early and my wife gets up while I went to use the privy, that is one thing about this campsite, the privy is a pretty long walk. On my way back I think I hear something so I stop and listen, sure enough I hear a pack of wolves howling off in the distance, by the time I make it back to my wife they are still going at it, so cool! She heads back to the tent and I grab my book and sleeping back and head for my hammock. Next thing I know I hear some splashing and a look out and across the bay from us there is a deer trying to cross the bay toward our campsite. So tell my wife who comes out and we take some pictures and watch him come to our shore and head off into the woods. I really wanted to see a moose this trip, but I will take that. 

So we packed up camp and decided that it was time to head out. We wanted to go back to Horseshoe making our last day easier not having to deal with the long 98 rod portage into gaskin. I can tell that my body is getting used to all the portaging because the long one doesn't seem that bad. We run into a father and son that we meet the day we went out and sat and visited with them for a while, they were leaving Friday and were getting closer too for their last night. When we got loaded up on Horseshoe the first campsite we get to is open but we don't really like it. We come around the corner and the next campsite has a big rock facing West and it looks open. We get out, check it out and decide that we like it and this would be home the next couple of days. We like sites that we have a view of the lake. So we setup camp and have a little lunch of summer sausage and cheese sandwiches. We are getting really nervous because there is a campsite on the backside of the peninsula from us and the people on that site are extremely loud! I mean come on, that is why we come up here is to get away from all that. We decide to take a quick nap and just relax for the afternoon before going out to do a little fishing and collect some firewood. Tonight is one of our favorite BWCA meals, chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and gravy. So easy and so tasty! Then we site by the campfire and plan our next day, I really want to have a fish fry so tomorrow we want to go to Vista where we did well on walleye a couple years earlier. And guess what? Our loud neighbors from this afternoon have been quiet ever since, so nice. Nights like tonight remind me how much I love being out here, the stars are amazing again tonight!