This morning was warming up quickly and we knew it would be the second hot day in a row. Not bad for late August. - And I will add right here as well, that bugs were nonexistent on our entire trip, which was an added blessing!- We spent time swimming at our beautiful campsite, before breaking down and heading out towards Mountain Lake.

We had discovered on our paddle to Pine yesterday that we made the right choice in picking a spot on the west end of Clearwater, as the sites on the east end were all spoken for. Hugging the north shore on the way to Mountain, we further confirmed the spot to the west of the portage was occupied, and it certainly looks like a nice campsite too!

We portaged from Clearwater to Mountain and made our way east on Mountain in search of a site. The very first site was open, and it was a great campsite. We got set up there and settled in for the rest of the day. My boy and I caught a small lake trout to supplement supper and paddled around the east end of the lake. It had been 22 years since I was on this lake, and never to the east end. What a beautiful lake!

After our corn chowder and lake trout supper, my wife made Hungarian funnel cakes over the campfire. The clean-up was a bit of work, but it was worth it!