Thursday, August 03, 2017 We woke day three to dark clouds covering the sky and we feared it might rain. We tried to make pancakes, but I forgot the cooking oil, so I had to be inventive. I put the batter in a pan over the camp stove and stirred continuously as I cooked. The end result was a lumpy, chunky, underdone in some parts and overdone in others pancake heap, which I dubbed, "Pancake Scramble." We drizzled a little syrup on top, and it really wasn't half bad. The way I described it made it sound disgusting, but that was not the case at all. After breakfast, we were slow to get on the move. Eventually, we set out on Basswood, back the way we came. We had a tailwind and coasted all the way down. We went along the Canadian shoreline, and on the North side of Lincoln, Washington, and Half Dog islands. It is very pretty back in that area, with tons of old growth pines. Red, White, and Jack Pines to name a few of the most prominent. Apparently a lot of other people thought the same thing, as every campsite we looked at to stop and have lunch at was occupied. We ended up having to take the 90 rod portage into Back Bay to find an open site. The first camp spot right off the portage is were we spent a few hours, eating Tricuts with Laughing Cow spreadable cheese (would recommend) and a Knorr's pasta side. We considered staying the night there, but decided it was too early to stop for the day. We didn't really have an idea of the time though, because it had been overcast all day. We hadn't been paddling for 15 minutes we a nasty headwind struck up, and it started to rain. We stopped at the nearest site to spend the night. For dinner we had Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, with powdered milk and beef jerky. We saved half the milk for breakfast the next morning.~Basswood Lake