This was a little shorter day, but lots of "hopping" with short portages and short paddles. It was actually quite tiring in that regard, since you can never "get into a groove". It was still hot, and some of the lower portages were muggy and uncomfortable. We also sill had more flies that we wanted. These were common threads every day. I have never dealt with being too hot for multiple days in the BDub before. The sun was oppressive at times.

We had an interesting experience coming through Whipped... Beth commented as I steered around a rock up ahead that the rock was "furry". The "rock" was actually a cow moose floating dead in the water. It looked to be very freshly dead, and was a very odd sight to see.

The portage into Hub felt long by the time we got there, and we were happy to get to camp on Mesaba. We had a nice breeze in the afternoon, but there was not much shade on the north campsite. The site was decent, but nothing special. We did some swimming to stay cool. We had an early dinner and got into bed early, ahead of the skeeters, again. For the third night in a row, we had the rainfly only halfway on the tent so we had airflow, but could clip it down quickly if needed.