It's amazing how quickly the trip goes by. I was up before Drew again and took the time to really enjoy my surroundings one last morning. I tried to fish briefly in the morning with no success. I ate a granola bar and made my final wilderness cup of joe as I started to break camp down for the final time. The weather was nice but the wind was starting to pick up from the West which made me a bit nervous to make the trek back to Mudro. We hadn't seen a bald eagle the entire trip and right as I loaded the final pack in to the canoe one flew right over our camp and landed on the tree above. It was a cherry on top of the trip.   Once we loaded up we made our way toward the west shore so we could get out of the wind and paddle a bit easier, we made our way to the first portage from Fourtown to Mudro and now that we were portage pro's we blew right through the first one. As we were finishing up I noticed two older gentleman making their way over to the 10 rod portage and they looked exhausted. I asked them if I could help carry their packs for them and after a bit of back and forth they finally allowed me to help out. Turned out to one of my highlights of the trip. They were on their 27th trip and after Drew and I carried their packs and loaded the canoe we sat down and listened to their stories for 25 minutes. Made me want to turn our canoe around and camp with them.   We made it back to mudro parking lot and loaded all of our gear, snapped one last photo and after I looked back out at the entry point to reminisce on the trip we had just completed we made our way back to Ely Outdoor Company. Now for those of you who have read this whole trip report, day 1 I said we were missing a piece to our camp stove. When I got to the outfitter Ryan grabbed our stove to look at it and when he flipped it over he showed me where the piece I was "missing" is stored. That is the dumbest thing I have done to date lol and Ryan couldn't stop laughing. That's a mistake I wont make again!

All in all, I had a fantastic trip. We both made plenty of mistakes and learned a lot from them. I can't wait to come back in August and do it all over again!

Cheers Everyone, Happy Paddling!