Monday, June 08, 2009 Day Three was a more leisurely start. We cooked breakfast and decided to explore. Nearby is Conchu Lake so all 4 packed into one canoe and went to check out the neighborhood. This lake is really picturesque with an elevated rock wall on the north side. Near the portage in is the only campsite which we found to be small for us but would be a very nice out of the way campsite for a solo or smaller group. We then circled the lake and as we went along the northern side and couldn't resist stopping and climbing up to check out the view. I’m glad we did as it was a bluebird day and clambering around gave me a chance to stretch my legs and soak in some real BW beauty. We then continued to circle the lake and on the west edge followed a creek in the direction of where our camp was. With four in the canoe it was tough going and the boggy, mucky swamp made travel difficult. We got as far as we could to where there was a stand of dead trees in the swamp. By the time we worked back out of the marsh and circled the lake it was time to head back for lunch. As we hugged the north shore of the river we could distinctly hear what sounded like a waterfall. We beached the canoe and fought our way through the brush until coming upon a huge beaver dam with a good rush of water coming through it. Enough to make it sound like a waterfall that could actually be heard from our camp. After lunch Terry and Cody were feeling more adventurous than John and I. They cooked up a plan to drag the Kevlar canoe through the brush, lift it up over the dam edge and see if they could find the stand of dead trees where the large group effort stopped. John and I did camp chores, got some water, John explored along the river solo while I did some reading and washed and dried some clothes. Terry and Cody returned covered in mud and bug bites of all kinds with huge smiles claiming that they had woven their way through the marsh to where we had been earlier that day. 

Later on we did some more exploring along the river and made plans to leave early the next morning as we would start out with a 210 rod portage and cool temps and fresh legs would help to get us going.