Tuesday, June 01, 2010 It rained all night. We wake up early about 6:30 am. It is Sunny! Yeah. Breakfast of oatmeal, coffee for me and hot cocoa for Stephen. Gathered up our gear for the day and we're off for a day trip to Trader and Neglige. It takes us a while to locate the portage to Trader from Vera. Its tucked back in a little cove. 80 rods. Pretty easy. The landing at Trader was tricky. We had to lift the canoe down to the water. Trader is very shallow warmer water lake. We see 2 bald eagles, 1 immature eagle, a float plane and another small engine airplane. Its a short paddle to the portage into Neglige. Another tricky landing at a rock wall. The portage trail is very overgrown. We decide to walk it first before carrying the gear through it. It is rocky, lots of roots, very narrow overgrown path. We walk back to our gear thinking we can get it through. As we return clouds roll in and it starts to rain pretty heavy. We wait it out for about an hour. It is not letting up. I am getting cold and start to shiver. Stephen decides it is not safe to make this portage in the rain. We return to Trader then back to Vera all in the rain. Upon returning to Vera, we meet another canoe. 2 guys hoping for our campsite. They are wet and cold. We suggest a campsite across the lake from us. We get out of our wet clothes and sit under the tarp for quite some time eating jerky and GORP. Still raining we head to the tent for a nap. Rain lets up so we get up and decide to make a fire. We just get it started good and here comes more rain. Again we head to the tent, another nap. Towards evening rain lets up we try a bit more fishing. No luck. Sun comes out and dries out our wet clothes. Dinner of Ramen noodles and toasted bagel thin. Dishes done and food pack hung. I make a short video of camp. We organize for tomorrow's departure. Black flies come out. They love Stephen. Off to the tent we go. Stephen marks today's travels on the map. We plan tomorrow's and I journal. Good Night! Vera Lake, Trader Lake, Neglige Lake