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Chuck & Tia's 2018 Quetico Adventure
by TrailZen

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/25/2018
Entry & Exit Point: Quetico
Number of Days: 10
Group Size: 2
Day 5 of 10
Wednesday, August 29, 2018: Camel, NoName creek, Veron, Delahey 12 miles, 5 portages

Woke to sun--nice! On our way down Camel we saw a party of two—first people we've seen in three days. We did the long portage between Camel and creek/no-name lake, then short portage into Delahey. We seemed to be the only party on Delahey, and claimed the Olive Jar Island campsite near the Death March portages. We had stayed in that campsite 30 years ago, and as we dug into the Olive Jar's history, we found a plastic bag of notes that had been left in the '80s. Our note from July of 1988—30 years ago—was among the collection! We had fun reading our note and others, but the jar contains too much to review in an evening. We left a note to review in a few years, we hope. Watched a colorful sunset from the back side of the island, then retired to rest up for the Death March...