the canoe is wet again at 7:53.

nice paddle up the rest of knife and ottertrack.

at 1pm i take a site just west of cache bay. itll be a quick paddle over in the morning.

rewind a bit. while packing up this morning i went to clear my first need canister of water before i packed it. during the first pump the top tube between the pump and can looked like one of those sprinkling hoses....water spraying everywhere. of of those little red bears with a long fluffy tail decided to chew on it overnight. i leave camp not knowing if its fixable. now fast forward. that transparent duct tape is some great stuff. :)

its the second warm day now and ive been sweating like crazy. as soon as i got here i stripped down to my undies and did a lake rinse. since then ive been in camp wearing just my undies and crocs. no self portrait was taken...youre welcome. :)

have seen many groups in these 2 days.

to answer my first day dilemma, the camp stool did come along.

im already a little frustrated with this 2 day staging idea. i would be well into quetico by now if i permitted at prairie portage.

thoughts turned to evan hawkins, praying he is ok.

sitting in the shade trying to stay cool. 20 minutes ago i set up the tent and inflated the exped...sweated my a$$ off just doing those. ill take mid 60's over these temps anytime.

didnt sleep well last night, early trip jitters i guess.

i got stung in the leg during the monument portage. forgot how painful bee stings are.

after 7 now and loon calls just lit up the night air.

really gotten sunburned these last 2 days...thru my shirt.

cocktail time and i think ill catch the twins game tonight.

this site has a small bay next to it. bullfrogs or similar have been conversing for the last 20 minutes...its given me childhood flashbacks.

both campsites so far have had the sitting logs around the grate facing away from the lake. dumb.