Today we will move camp closer to the Snowbank entry to make for a quicker get-away. Camp is broken down and packed into the canoes and we glide out onto a mirror surface. L and J get to do a little more gliding than the rest of us. When hitting the first portage L discovers that he left his rod case behind. The rest of us try the fishing in Jordan while waiting for L and J to make the trip.

We make good time and have a new camp set up on Ahsub by 11:00 AM. We have a quick lunch of trail mix and dried apricots before seeing what else we might toss in the water to attract fish. Ahsub is beautiful, clear and deep. At one point near the portage to Disappointment we were about 40’ off shore and I had 36’ of anchor line out. Again, no fish and it is getting hot. Everyone comes back to camp to swim, clean up and nap.

I rinsed out the clothes I had been wearing all along. While I was waiting for them to dry I put on a pair of BWCA uniform pants (Gander Mountain nylon zip-offs) and found them extremely uncomfortable for those temperatures. They seemed very hot and sticky; like they couldn’t breathe at all. I will stick with my 60/40 poly/cotton BDU’s.

Red beans and rice for supper and then bed.