We took a layover day on this day. We hiked on the border route trail that intersects the portage between Mountain and Clearwater and ate lunch at the Mountain Lake overlook. Back at camp we fished some more and spent time reading and relaxing.

I brought a great book to read on this trip, THE EPIC WANDERER, a book about Canadian fur trader, land surveyor and explorer David Thompson. What a great book! He had many great experiences and I had a great time reading about them. Relationships between natives, Canadians and English were so interesting to hear about from this time. And there is a section where he works out of the big trading post at Grand Portage and moves through the BWCA and Lake of the Woods.