The adventure of the microbear continued last night and into this morning. Even after hanging the empty food pack, the mice were still getting into it-we could hear them trying to gnaw through the pack. We got back up and our fearless leader karate kicked the pack (hoping to stun the mouse with the piniata effect). Instead of stunning the mouse, she was stunned when her foot got stuck in the waist belt of the pack and her other foot went out from under her.  Don't worry; no injuries. Just lots of laughing in the dark. We ended up hanging the pack upside down and they left it alone. The bear bags had proof of the determination of the microbears this morning- the trail mix was short some cheerios. After reassembling and repacking the packs and breaking camp, we hit the water on Ima. It was calm and we made great time. We paddled Jordan, Cattyman, Adventure, Jitterbug (finding the portage landing at Jitterbug was an adventure, but we had a lot of fun paddling, pulling, and poking our way through the bog), and Ashub Lakes with a side trip to Cattyman Falls before we stopped on Disappointment.  The trip to Cattyman Falls is well worth it! 

We made it  to  the north site on the east shore at 1pm, had lunch and set up camp for our final night. We swam (briefly- that water was COLD!!!), relaxed in the hammocks, re-directed lost hikers on the trail behind our campsite, and snacked heavily. I found the leftover tortillas in the food pack, along with onion, garlic, butter, and oil, so I sauteed the onion and garlic in the butter and oil and fried tortilla chunks in it to go with our Mountain House Lasagna. We then hung the bear bags and got our gear repacked as much as possible. Tomorrow we’ll paddle Disappointment, Parent, and Snowbank- then begin the drive back home.  Disappointment Lake Campsite Review: Site 1380 This site has a nice landing and shallow swimming area. All of the tent pads are fairly level, but have rocks and roots in them. There are logs all over the campsite set up to sit on.

The latrine is almost full and can be smelled if the wind is in the right direction.  (If you happen to pass this site, grab the number of the lat and report it please as we forgot to do that) The bear hang was OK, but not spectacular by any means. The site to the south is very close and we could hear them talking most of the night. We hung the hammocks right in the middle of the site and it worked out well! Lakes: Ima, Jordan, Cattyman, Adventure, Jitterbug, Ashub, Disappointment Distance: 6 1/2 miles paddled, 150 rods portaged