Sunday, July 17, 2011 Woke up @ 6:15am. Took down camp and got a quick bite to eat (mangos, beef jerky, trail mix). Got onto the water ~9:45am. Mostly cloudy, wind clam, very warm and humid with temp going up to low 80s. Water like glass. Saw a perched bald eagle from afar and then a few minutes later probably the same eagle soaring high above while on the SE area of Perent Lake. Took ~25 min to get to Hog Creek. Saw a small beaver pretty early on the creek. Got to entry point ~12:15pm. Drove out and returned canoe w/o problems. E napped for ~1 hr.  Stopped at Blackwoods in Duluth @2:30pm to eat. E had 1/2 slab BBQ ribs (adult sized and ate almost all his meal) and I had pan fried walleye. Very yummy.  Got home to Oak Park, IL ~11:25pm.
General comments: a. Perent Lake very pretty with lots of islands and bays but also fair amount of people on lake and competition for campsites, good for easy BWCA trip. b. Lots of mosquitoes the whole time except when windy and some black flies especially after Sat noon. c. A bit disappointed with fishing given Perent has a reputation for being a good walleye and northern lake. However, just about everyone else only caught 1-2 fish all weekend except guys using leeches who looked and talked like real fishermen, we only used Gulp, Banjo minnows and crank bait and it was the middle of July. d. Hard to steer canoe when breezy/windy due to lighter weight Ethan in the bow. e. Water filter OK for 1.5 bottles than slow with lots of backflow into collection tube until element scrubbed, possibly due to high tannin content of water(?) f. Overall, a great father-son bonding trip to a very nice lake. Would visit Perent again especially with newbies to the BWCA.