Wednesday, August 02, 2017 We started a long day off with a breakfast of oatmeal and coffee. We didn't stick around camp to long. We broke down the tent, packed up, and got on our way. Our destination for the Day? Wind Bay! But that's not quite where we ended up. We had a little bit of trouble finding the 40 rod portage from Wood to Hula, but did eventually. It was short and sweet. When we arrived on Hula, it was all just a big rice patty! I kind of enjoyed it though. We crossed Hula, and easily found our way to Good Lake. The portage was pretty difficult. 150 rods, rocky, and with up and down slopes. It was made worth it from the delicious raspberries we found along the way though! The 100 rod portage from Good to Indiana was easy enough. I quite enjoyed the simplicity of Indiana Lake, and it's solitude. We hadn't seen a single soul all day. We cruised across Indiana, and were surprised to see that the portage from Indiana to Wind Bay was a stream! It was very charming and pretty. Once to Wind Bay, we feared that it too was all just a rice patty, but it eventually opened up. We stopped at the camp spot on the island to have lunch, and found entertainment listening to a group of 6 guys fishing right in front of us. At one point, they were all arguing about if they fish one of them had caught was a Northern or a Perch. The island site was wonderful. It had towering pines and log furniture, as well as a grassy tent pad. We had planned to return to it the following night. For lunch we had premade tuna salad from a pouch on tortillas, and beef sticks. We lounged around reading for a few hours, trying to decide what to do. We had reached our destination for the day before noon. We decided to head up to Basswood and see how crowded it was. The traffic on Basswood wasn't bad at all, and we paddled up the South shore for the better part of the afternoon. I stepped out of the USA for the first time, into Ontario, and then we started to look for a camp spot. We had virtually no winds on Basswood that afternoon, of on any of the other lakes. Later that afternoon, we settled down on the campsite in Rice Bay for the night. It was an alright spot. Somebody had burned the sitting log and left trash in the fire grate and around the area. We spent some time tiding it up and dragging the burnt, ashy log to the edgy of the clearing. We set out ThermaRests against our canoe instead. For diner we had ravioli and pasta sauce, with a side of instant mashed potatoes and another brownie. We slept well on the grassy pad. :)~Wood Lake, Hula Lake, Good Lake, Indiana Lake, Basswood Lake