Lakes: Kilburn Lake, unnamed lake, stream, Leano Lake. Travel distance: 7 km. Portages: 5 for a total 770 meters

We retrace our route from the 1st day back to the car. Another very nice day for canoeing. Load everything up and head back to Red Lake. About half way back we are flagged down by two guys in the parking lot for the Onnie lake entry. They have just completed a 2 week trip and discovered a flat tire on their truck. They have a spare and a jack, but no lug wrench, are missing some of the pieces for the jack, and are not sure how to get the spare tire from where it is hanging under the truck. We dig out our jack; Jeff has a good sized crescent wrench that surprisingly works on the rusted lugs. We change the tire and follow them into Red lake. We stop at Goldseekers to drop off the canoes. We are early and no one is about. Just as we get everything put away Albert and his wife show up. We go over the trip, learn a little about the local economy and culture and head south. Our 1st stop is a park just north of Ear Falls where for the price of a vehicle pass we can shower up. We see a bear hungrily eating berries in the ditch and completely unconcerned with us. A quick shower and the long ride home.

Conclusion: Awesome trip. Weather was great. All but 3 days we had some rain but only a significant amount on the afternoon of my mishap. Best of all very little wind. Fishing was excellent, no trophies but considerable action. The berries were more abundant and certainly larger than I have ever seen in the wild. As mentioned earlier the vegetation was much different than what we experienced in our earlier trip, very heavy underbrush, a variety of coniferous trees, and even a few areas with deciduous trees. This trip also accomplished one of my long term goals to do an entire trip and never see another group, canoe, or occupied site. We did see some float planes flying over but fewer than last time. Great trip and well worth the extra travel time and expense to enjoy this unique wilderness. The travel distance noted for each day is the straight line "guesstimate" from the grids on the map from one campsite to the next. The portage distance is measured one way.