I'm just back from a 9-day trip that did not disappoint -- big fish, beautiful camping, and four seasons in every day.

Just three days ago I sat through the worst storm I've ever experienced in Quetico. At a camp on the West end of Quetico Lake, this manifested as a very abrupt, very strong wind out of the West with golfball-sized hail pelting the earth and enough horizontal rainfall to create big puddles, fast. Did anyone else experience that one? I heard that there was actually a tornado down in MN around the same time.

Definitely, next time I'm out on the water fishing in calm, warm conditions and I hear a steady stream of light rolling thunder, without pauses and with very little lightning, I'm going to scoot back to camp a bit quicker. I got slightly caught out but managed to hustle everything including my butt under the tarp before the hail, and feel very very grateful that tarp and hammock held and did not blow away.

Overall, I never left Quetico Lake on this trip (and Beaverhouse of course) so there's no interesting trip report, but after four beautiful camps and plenty of great fishing, I'll be looking forward to the next one. Such an amazing place.

Yikes! We have a friend who was on Quetico Lake at the same time. He's still up there, though. I'll be anxious to hear what he says about the big storm.