Lake Agnes – Nina Moose River – Nina Moose Lake Paddled 6 miles – Portaged 166 rods

Up at 4:30 am again and on the water at 5:30 am. The water is fairly calm but rain and wind is definitely coming today. The lake is quiet as we make our way to Nina Moose River, hoping our early morning will bring us a moose sighting. The water is quiet; the birds are singing, but no moose.

Our 96 rod portage arrives and we prepare for the mosquito attack. Tauna has mastered the canoe and we can finally do a single trip portage. I grab Bertha (food and gear pack) and top load the small personal pack for the hike across the portage.

Once across and loaded, we headed upstream again. A few minutes of paddling and I realized my bug net is gone (this is a major problem!) Oh no! I know exactly where it is. I had to take a “nature break” at the end of the portage and my hat caught on a branch… yep that is where it is. Good thing we are really close as this has become one very valuable piece of gear on this trip! Carolyn hops out and saves my day (and several pints of blood).

Back on the water we paddle the calm glass-like water until the beautiful cascading rapids come into view. We hang out for a photo op and have a snack while taking in the sounds around us. Knowing we can single trip this portage is a great feeling as we load up for the 70 road.

This trail is rocky and a little slippery in the on/off rain and has some rolling terrain. We land our gear at Nina Moose Lake and have plenty of time to find our perfect site for our final night in the BW. We paddle east around the shoreline, looking at each open site. After circling the lake the wind began to pick up and we made the decision one of the two sites on the west of the lake would be our final home for this trip. Both sites were nice but we liked the southern best.

The rocks were very slippery and required a crawl out of the canoe and up the slope to prevent falling. We had camp set up and were checking out the surroundings by 10 am. Today is a day of heavy showers and strong wind so it is nice to be at camp.

Carolyn played monkey again to help with the bear hang since the choices were few for trees and I had to use a very brushy pine tree for one side.

Our rain fly is up and getting a work out today as we dodge from it to the water front with the weather. It is definitely a cooler day today. Tonight is the night of the super moon but between rain and bugs, we will not be seeing it. Instead we use our final night to jot down notes about our trip and gear. What works, what doesn’t, what do we want to change, etc.

Campsite #1789