Thursday, August 21, 2014 Having decided to switch up our route plan a little, we slept in, made breakfast, then packed up camp to begin working our way back toward Alton Lake.

This time we were able to take time on the 85 rod river portage to enjoy the waterfall and play in the river (our favorite activity)

We enjoyed our time on the river and on the portages since they were all so different from each other.

Once on Grace, we decided it was close enough to noon that we would look for a lunch site and if we liked the site, we would consider staying for the night rather than pushing on for the long portage and risk not finding a site on Beth.

We found the second site on the southern shore open and loved the site, so we called it home for the night.

The site was large and very spread out, with lots a tent pad options. The grate area was nice with trees close enough to allow us to put of our rainfly since we were still anticipating the storms would catch up with us. The lat was an average distance and there were wonderful rock slabs along the shoreline for sitting and relaxing. The water was a little weedy so probably not a high demand swimming area. We did have privacy as we were in a little bay that looked out at a series of islands on the lake. There were also great hammock trees right along the shoreline; making for a great afternoon nap!

We have had two great days of calm waters, fair skies and virtually no bugs. Not sure what we did right, but we'll take it!

Waterfall along 85 rod portage between Phoebe and Grace Lakes
Nemo! Our rainfly/bug shelter which fit perfectly over the fire grate/sitting area (no fire tonight)