A cloudless, sunny, still day greeted us when we woke and prepared to make our long paddle back towards the EP for an easy exit tomorrow. We made good time and enjoyed the wonderful day. On Lake Three the wind began picking up but we paddled into it wand still reached Lake Two around midday. Seeing it was not so busy we decided to paddle onwards to make our exit even easier the next morning. On Lake One, we struggled to find an open campsite and noticed a cloud bank moving in, threatening rain. To make matters worse we circled an island looking for two campsites (1672 and 1673) that are misplaced on the Voyageur Map series that I had. (In fact, they look mislabeled on the BWCA.com map as well. They should be on the peninsula just above the island they appear to be on.)

We ended up in a race against distant thunder, fighting the wind until we finally found a site only to have the storm dissipate before hitting us. Relieved, we gratefully dug in to a late lunch and our spirits rose with our blood sugar. We enjoyed our last afternoon of the trip fishing from camp.

~Lake Insula, Hudson Lake, Lake Four, Lake Three, Lake Two, Lake One