Friday, July 22, 2011 This morning I was awaken to, what sounded like a boat moving through the water at a fair clip. How could this be? We are in the BDUB on a non motorized lake. The noise I was hearing was coming from two loons chasing one another, in what looked like a fight for territory. We sat and watched is happen for close to an hour or so while we made breakfast. After breakfast we decided that we would day trip to Vista Lake. From our campsite the portage to Vista was very close maybe less then 1/2 mile by water. Upon arriving to the portage we where greeted by a rushing waterfall, falling from Vista to Horseshoe. With all the rain in the area, the water was coming over pretty good. We stopped to admire the sights and sounds of this waterfall and continued to Vista. The portage from Horseshoe to Vista was completely flooded and at times up over the knee. For all practical purposes the portage too was a spillway for the waterfall.  Once on Vista we left the protection of the narrow curvy lake of Horseshoe and quickly realized that it was another windy day. Vista Lake is a very pretty lake with low swampy areas on the north side and large hilly terrain on the south side. We paddled around the lake, taking in the natural beauty and fishing a little. Our luck had changed for the worse and we were skunked in the fish catching department, however we did have some bits, as I lost a Rapala to what I believe to be a decent sized northern. We stopped for lunch and some swimming at a small island located on the south east side of the lake. We made our way back to horseshoe past our campsite and into Gaskin as I had heard fishing there was pretty good.  While fishing Gaskin we would catch several small northerns, and a rock bass, hardly enough for a shore lunch. We made it back to camp on Horseshoe to make dinner and retire for the night.