Friday, July 10, 2020 Today our hope was to get into Fairy lake, pitch camp and do some fishing. the wind changed from the south to the north so for the second day in a row we had a 15 mile wind at our back (that normally never happens!) Paddled through Gun Lake. What an interesting lake-it seems bigger than it is. Very pretty cliffs and structure. Saw several campsites full (again) but only a single solo boat on the lake. Easy portage to Fairy, but once there we see no open campsite. On to plan B. Hopefully we can find something in Boot.
Boot lake is another very pretty lake and happily we find an open campsite. The northernmost site on a point across from a huge cliff. Again--gorgeous! We learn from a paddler as we are setting up that all the other sites are full on this lake too.....whew! Glad we stopped. He also tells us that the burning ban was lifted. This is strange because things are still very dry and windy. We make the decision not to have any campfires because it just seems to dangerous.
This is a nice site with alot of shoreline. We setup camp and the boys headout fishing. It is just after lunch. The two dads spend time reading and relaxing and fishing from camp while the boys try to catch supper. The boys finally make it back at about 6pm. They had only caught a single bluegill, so tonight we will eat cache lake chicken and dumplings. At about 8pm, the boys head back out to fish while the dads fish from shore. Caught another Bluegill. The boys get back at about 10pm with no fish. In spite of the poor fishing, it was nice to have a beautiful sunny day of relaxation!~Boot Lake, Gun Lake ~Fairy Lake