Woke up at 4:30 so I could watch the sunrise. No wind and 58 degrees, 100% humidity, 58 dewpoint. Skeeters were EVERYWHERE. Glad I brought my bug shirt. Sunrise was great on Jordan this morning. Fog was rolling over the lake which made a nice sight as well. After taking some pictures I went back to bed for a bit. Breakfast was cereal, english muffin and some fruit.

Broke camp and were on the water at 11:10am leaving Jordan. This was a very long day as we made our way to our destination of Kekekabic Lake which is a total of 19 portages away from our starting point on Snowbank. Jordan to Kekekabic was 11 portages today. Most were short but a couple were hilly in some spots. I now wished we would have been on the water earlier but I don't really like to rush and break camp real early. I like to enjoy my breakfast and coffee, just taking in the scenery and of course listening to the loons. The only time I seem to break camp fast and early is if I hear the weather was going to turn bad or I am at a less than desirable campsite. Bears would be another reason but we had no bear problems or sightings on this trip. We did not see any moose either which is something I would have really liked to have seen.

Today we covered 16.5 miles, 10 lakes, one unnamed pond near Thomas and 11 portages. (Jordan, Ima, Hatchet, Thomas, Fraser, Gerund, Ahmakose, Wisini, Strup and Kekekabic). We stopped at a campsite on Thomas Lake near the narrows to Fraser for a break and a swim as it was getting hot. We arrived at Kekekabc from the south end coming up through Strup Lake. We first looked for the site on the island on the south end but that was taken so we moved on towards the NW side of the lake for the site on a peninsula. We were beat after such a long day and was really hoping this site was open. We let out a big sigh of relief when we saw it was vacant. We arrived here at 8:40pm. It would be dark soon. We were greeted by an army of black flies that were relentless. Time to put on the long sleeve shirt and pants. They were pretty bad.

Weather- Warm and sunny with a strog SW wind at times. Hi was in the 80's and the low in the mid 50's. The narrows on Jordan and Hatchet lakes were nice. Hatchet was full of lily pads. Although we ended up camping on Ima our last night due to the fact it was closer to our exit point, I liked Thomas and Fraser lakes much more than Ima. Ima was nice though too. We had a bit of a challenge as we were looking for the "portage in the rock wall", aka Ima-Hatchet portage. It was windy and the lake was choppy. We did have a bit of luck as there was a couple just leaving that portage so finding it was much easier had they not been there. I can see why it would be hard to find. I made sure to mark it on my gps in case I need it again in the future. It is a unique portage entrance that is for sure.

The 2 tough portages of the day were Gerund to Ahmakose as it starts with a steep climb but overall it is a short portage. Then the Strup to Kekekabic was rough too, mostly because it was our last portage of the day. Going north to south was much steeper. That was a 72 rod portage.

We hardly had any energy for making dinner but somehow mangaed. Tonight was hamburger helper, classic macaroni and cheese. We were in bed at 10:45.