Woke up at 6:10 am. Partly cloudy and calm. Temps in the 60's. Had breakfast at Smitty's at 7:30. Good way to start the day. Coffee was good.too. We were all loaded and on the water at 9:10 am. 65 degrees and Snowbank was VERY calm. Almost eerie. I was expecting much more of a chop. We decided since it was so calm we would make a direct line to the Boot lake portage which would mean crossing the middle of the lake. We would have never done that in windy conditions. It was 4.80 miles and took us an hour and 15 minutes so that was not too bad. We then paddled and portaged Boot, Haven, Abinodji, Swing, Gibson, Cattyyman and stopped at Jordan lake for the night. We stopped at Cattyman Falls for a break. Water was flowing pretty good. Note to those who go on the Abinodji to Swing portage. Stay on the boardwalk! It is there for a reason. I took a side step off the portage with canoe on shoulders and found out quick it just sinks as it is just a bog. So I leaned back to the boardwalk and landed on my behind with canoe still on top. No harm done. Swing was a mucky mess and skeeter haven so we moved along quickly through there.

We paddled and portaged 13 miles for the day. 8 lakes, 1 pond, 8 portages. We arrived at our Jordan lake campsite at 4:20pm. Hi 80 Low in the mid 50's. Moving time, 5hrs and 25 minutes, 2.4mph avg. 7 hrs 51 minutes total time today.

Side note- We came across 4 girls in bikinis laying out on Cattyman lake near the falls. I did not take pictures as I did not want to be rude. It was tempting though. Never have come across that in the bwcaw before. It was a nice surprise to say the least. We also saw 2 rangers on the Boot to Snowbank portage and then another female ranger on the Cattyman to Jordan portage. She asked to see my permit, the others did not. This was the first time I was asked that while on a trip. She was nice, fit and cute! Seeing lots of females on this trip so far.

It was very calm today, no wind which made a nice day of paddling. The night sky cleared up and we got to see the stars nice and bright.

Dinner was steaks on the grill, mashed potatoes and a salad. The sun peaked out right at sunset and gave us a nice mix of clouds and sun. Add the birds, loon calls and this was better than going to a movie. We were in bed at 10:30. Skeeters were bad starting at 9:30.