Sunday, 8-16-2020 Beautiful Morning nice and calm. We left Rockwood Outfitters and Lodge by 8:20 got to the Lizz portage ( 51 rod portage) and double portage by 9:30 ready to head to Caribou. We ran into a group of 2 canoes ( 5 guys) Didn’t have a watch to know how long it took. It was a 22 rod portage from Caribou into Horseshoe. We arrived at Horseshoe Lake and it was 11:30 when we got unloaded and stopped. We stayed at campsite#672. While we ate lunch we had 3 sets of canoes of people headed out and 2 groups going on thru. We had originally planned to camp and move to different lakes but with all the people and the way campsites were taken we decided we better stay put. The wind picked up a bit in the afternoon. We got our food bag set up and the tent up. No mosquitos!

Monday, August 17,2020 Rough night! Both of us didn’t sleep well. All sorts of reasons: ate late 8:00 p.m., couldn’t get comfortable. Got up at 4:00 am and took some Tylenol and Sudafed. Slept in a little tossing and turning. Sat outside on the big rock at our campsite for probably an hour before breakfast. Beautiful day, Sunny and warm and puffy clouds. According to our weather update 70/48. Oatmeal this am, off to fish all around Horseshoe. Dan caught one Northern, it was windy. Sun was going in and out of the clouds all day. Headed back to camp around 2:30 from fishing. Ate a snack, set up the rain tarp in case the weather changed on us. We went clear to the back of our camp, exploring and looking for dead down wood. Found enough for a campfire. Our dog Lil loves running thru the woods, jumping up on logs and climbing up on big tall rocks and playing king of the mountain. Digging in a hole to hide and jumping out at us. Lots of canoes today coming and going. So far no one is at the camp across from us. The kids who had been there at that camp were up and gone before we even got up today. We headed back out fishing all the way back to the NW Corner from our camp. No nibbles , saw two beaver lodges. We pretty much took it easy the rest of the day. Did Mountain House Chicken and Rice meal for supper tonight. Super yummy! Had another fire hardly any mosquitos. Had whiskey & Cherry mix, Good stuff. We were to the tent by 8:30. Dan was asleep right away. Got pretty cold last night. But very peaceful.

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 Up around 8:00 there was fog on the Lake. Sunny and warm this morning. Pancakes for breakfast with out our blueberries. We headed out for fishing about 10:45 went way up the other arm of Horseshoe.Dan caught a small Northern by camp and Walleye later. No other fish. Came back in around 2:00 got things put away it looked like rain. It rained for about 10 minutes. The Mosquitos moved in while we were sitting under the tarp. Was able to move back out to the Rock. No bugs. Started reading a book. Saw quite a few other groups fishing today , they said they had come over from other lakes. One guy was fly fishing last night and today. Didn’t see him catch any. Overcast now, not sure if the rain is done or what. It rained 3 or 4 different times thru supper. We had Chili Mac tonight. Saw many canoes fishing. We both kept our rain jackets on and long pants during the evening. The flies & mosquitos were bugging us more tonight, headed to the tent by 7:30. Started reading, we were lights out by 9:30. Dan was up at 11:30 said there were lots of stars, no moon. At 2:30 there was thunder and lighting off and on, Dan sat up and I said it is thundering, he laid back down. There were a few sprinkles off and on all night. Didn’t sleep much. Dan has said in the am he would determine if we were going to camp or fish for the day on Meed.

THURSDAY, August 20, 2020 Last night we had a lot of Thunder/lighting and some rain, windy for awhile. This am when I looked out at 8:00 am it was foggy. We heard someone on the portage early. We don’t know how they avoid the rocks with the fog. It is cool this am 62 degrees at 9:35, suppose to be a high of 72 today with clouds. Lil was ready to get out of the tent this am and do her morning run. She runs around with Dan, she just loves it. My hair is gross today, from all the rain yesterday and it has been since Saturday for a shampoo.

Today we had oatmeal, Dan checked the in reach for weather update. It showed a 70% chance of rain Thursday evening, heavy rains on Friday. The flies were really bad on Wed and so far this am. It is hard for our dog, they just won’t leave her alone. Dan decided we should pack up and head out today. We had slept in and took our time getting ready to go. We were packing up all over camp and our dog was following right along. When we started taking down the tent, we looked over and she was just standing there with her head resting on a big log like she was pouting. She loves coming here and so do we, so quickly it is time to go. She is with us 24/7 we were loaded and headed out by noon. Left a stack of dry firewood for the next group. As we headed to the portage, there was a family coming in. The dad had been here lots and loved Horseshoe, they had really expensive fishing poles. Would love to know if they had any luck fishing.

The fishing was another reason we left, we had fished on Horseshoe all over Caribou and went to Meeds, just a fish here and there no meals! We met one other group coming in on Caribou, they were headed to Vista. We enjoyed the beauty of Lizz Lake, Long and narrow. Had a couple of loons tell us goodbye then on to Poplar. We were back to Rockwood Outfitters and Lodge by 3:15. We unloaded our canoe, Dan got the truck and talked with others just getting back from different put ins, they had no luck fishing either. We took showers and headed on the road. We stopped in Duluth for supper and gas. We made our calls to family and my sister had just gotten released from the hospital and all the rest of the family were doing better. We drove straight thru to Nebraska got home at 4:15 am on Friday.

Time to plan the next adventure.That would be delayed for us in 2021 as a couple, I decided to fall and brake my femur in my right leg in Feb 2021, while snow skiing. I wasn’t up to a canoe trip by Summer of 2021. Dan did go with our dog for a solo trip in July 2021, more on that later.

Lakes Traveled:   Mudro Lake, Sandpit Lake, Basswood Lake,

THURSDAY, August 20, 2020 Last night we had a lot of Thunder/lighting and some rain, windy for awhile. This am when I looked out at 8:00 am it was foggy. We heard someone on the portage early. We don’t know how they avoid the rocks with the fog. It is cool this am 62 degrees at 9:35, suppose to be a high of 72 today with clouds. Lil was ready to get out of the tent this am and do her morning run. She runs around with Dan, she just loves it. My hair is gross today, from all the rain yesterday and it has been since Saturday for a shampoo.

Today we had oatmeal, Dan checked the in reach for weather update. It showed a 70% chance of rain Thursday evening, heavy rains on Friday. The flies were really bad on Wed and so far this am. It is hard for our dog, they just won’t leave her alone. Dan decided we should pack up and head out today. We had slept in and took our time getting ready to go. We were packing up all over camp and our dog was following right along. When we started taking down the tent, we looked over and she was just standing there with her head resting on a big log like she was pouting. She loves coming here and so do we, so quickly it is time to go. She is with us 24/7 we were loaded and headed out by noon. Left a stack of dry firewood for the next group. As we headed to the portage, there was a family coming in. The dad had been here lots and loved Horseshoe, they had really expensive fishing poles. Would love to know if they had any luck fishing.

The fishing was another reason we left, we had fished on Horseshoe all over Caribou and went to Meeds, just a fish here and there no meals! We met one other group coming in on Caribou, they were headed to Vista. We enjoyed the beauty of Lizz Lake, Long and narrow. Had a couple of loons tell us goodbye then on to Poplar. We were back to Rockwood Outfitters and Lodge by 3:15. We unloaded our canoe, Dan got the truck and talked with others just getting back from different put ins, they had no luck fishing either. We took showers and headed on the road. We stopped in Duluth for supper and gas. We made our calls to family and my sister had just gotten released from the hospital and all the rest of the family were doing better. We drove straight thru to Nebraska got home at 4:15 am on Friday.

Time to plan the next adventure.That would be delayed for us in 2021 as a couple, I decided to fall and brake my femur in my right leg in Feb 2021, while snow skiing. I wasn’t up to a canoe trip by Summer of 2021. Dan did go with our dog for a solo trip in July 2021, more on that later.

Lakes Traveled:   Mudro Lake, Sandpit Lake, Basswood Lake,