After a quick stop at Frost River to Pick up our permit, Jesse and I headed up the Shore. This is my first trip without my dog, Amelia, since I got her 6 years ago....and it feels a little weird. She gave me a disbelieving look when I gave her a little snuggle and hugged my girlfriend goodbye and left them at home without me!

We had a great late lunch at Trail Center and checked into Tuscarora. Found our bunkhouse and chatted with Andy for a bit....he assured me that once we headed west of Little Sag we would see very few other folks. Then we drove up to the Magnetic Rock trailhead and hiked back tot he rock. Jesse had never been there, and the last time I was there was a year after the Ham Lake fire. Now the jack pines are getting tall and it's a very different landscape- cool to see the regrowth. Jesse got all kinds of cool readings off different pieces of the rock- one slab that had fallen off was way more magnetic than the main pillar.

We hit the hay early, and were asleep quickly.