BWCA Bucket List Trip
by Micanthropyre
We packed up camp a little faster this time, and got ready to do most of the portages back to the Birch tow pickup location. Jon was my boat partner for the day, and when we got there he decided he was going to take his pack and the canoe to try and single portage - at least for himself. Challenge accepted, I picked up my pack and the rest of our boat’s gear. I doubt I could have done it with a full food barrel, but Jon and I single portaged all the way back. Having one boat single portaging made weaving through the traffic much easier, and despite doing double portages Sean and James crushed it as well and we made excellent time to Birch. We ended up at Campsite 1280 - greeted by an awesome swarm of dragonflies eating up gnats right over the firepit! After dropping off gear, we once again set out to add fish to our dinner. We caught an okay number of fish and whipped up a nice final dinner in the BWCA with whatever was left in the food barrels. Evening fishing was slow but fun as well. Overall, a solid day that set us up with a nice short paddle to the final portage.