Clouds were moving back in and the wind picked up as we moved southwest to our destination that day, Koma Lake. At the put in for Makwa lake, another nearby portage would take us to Hoe lake, which would allow us to get to Ledge Lake and thus return to Boulder Lake, allowing us one more attempt to solve the Roe to Boulder lake "mystery". However I was unable to talk my brother into taking this detour as commitments back home were calling. After fighting a strong wind out of the South/Southwest all the way to Koma we stopped there and planned an early start the next day to allow us to get back home to Milwaukee by Thursday evening.

On the water at 6:30 AM we got all the way to the take out on the south end of Lake Polly before the skies opened and it started raining heavily. The rain continued all the way to the take out on Kawishiwi Lake. In a rain that heavy, very little stays dry, no matter how well protected. The temp was dropping and we were more than happy to load up the car and head back home. While we never solved the mystery of the Roe/Boulder Lake portage, we will likely be back in a few years to finally answer that question.