We awoke to an overcast morning, but thankfully the rain had stopped.  We had previously thought that this would be a good place to spend two nights, and the feeling of remoteness at the Omega campsite confirmed our decision.  We had a delicious pancake breakfast, and encouraged by the dry weather, we headed out for a day trip to Winchell Lake.

Shon and Spencer trolled across Omega and soon caught a nice bass that entertained us with a jump clear out of the water.  We soon arrived at the 44 rod portage to Winchell lake, relatively flat and easy, especially since we were day tripping with little gear. As we headed out on to Winchell, Shon and Spencer hooked a nice pike right next to the portage, so we now had a fish dinner to look forward to. The other event as we entered Winchell was that the sun came out and before us was a beautiful scene of blue waters, dark cliffs, and green hills rising above the opposite shore.  It was turning out to be a beautiful day!  We stopped at a nice site on the north shore for a lunch break, and rode the now west wind back to the portage to Omega.  By the time we returned to our campsite on Omega, the weather had turned threatening with thunder clouds building, along with wind. We watched as most of the storm activity passed to the north of us, until finally our turn came just after our fish dinner. The photo shows the amazing change from partial sun to rain that swept across the lake before our very eyes!  Seeing as David had been too optimistic-stubborn to move the tent, he and Ora had another night on a water bed as the rain poured down