Saturday, October 9, 2010
We had a little bit of wind and a lot of big wind gusts during the night, but today is a beautiful day – sunny and warm with a little wind.
For breakfast Greg supplied bacon and Steve made pancakes. After our workout yesterday, I think we are taking it easy today. We also discussed which way we should exit and decided that the 200 rod portage and longer paddle on the Little Indian Sioux would be preferable to the way we came in.
We took a day trip around the lake. Since we all had solo canoes, we mostly did our own thing. I paddled by the other campsite on the lake and spoke to the residents – the occupants of the canoe we saw late yesterday. They were moose hunting. They came in last night the same way as us. I asked which way they were going out -- the same as us – the other way. This was a spike camp for them for one night. The came we passed earlier was their base camp.
Steve paddled to the 200-rod portage to scout it out. We were grateful he did. He traveled it without a load and marked the tricky parts with rock cairns, which was a huge help when the time came.
As I paddled the lake I noticed that the loons had already gone, but there were lots of mergansers that were flocking up.
Once back at camp, drinks included Makers Mark straight up and vodka over raspberry Crystal Light. Nice happy hour.
Dinner was teriyaki noodles with hamburger and bannock.