Day 7 - Saturday (9/7/2019) The night before leaving, we took care of group items (like usual), and I did as much as I could to organize so packing up in the morning would be painless. I made sure I had more than enough water, put a few breakfast bars towards the top of my bear bag, and generally put everything in order.

Paddles hit the water at 6:30 am. Ten minutes later, JS and son got on the water. I'd been up and been ready and did several sweeps of camp to make sure nothing was forgotten and things were clean.

We went through all the portages and got to Prairie Portage around the same time as a few other groups of various sizes. We held back as their tow was scheduled earlier, but when they were done, there was a spot on the other side to stack our items, so our group started the process. Meanwhile, I went to Prairie Portage and thanked the Rangers and bought a shirt and a few stickers. I'll be proud to put my Quetico sticker on my canoe and appreciate Canada, allowing us to spend time in their country.

The Rangers at Prairie Portage radioed their base, and they called the outfitter for us. It turns out the timing was right, so just about as soon as we got everything over to the other side and chatted a bit out tow showed up.

When we got back to the outfitter, JS had to charge his phone (it was dead) to get the address of where I would take the canoes. We were able to use many straps to get all three canoes up on my Jeep, and even though they hung over the sides a bit, all seemed secure. The address was punched into my driving app (Waze), and it was 24 minutes away (not sure of miles). Regardless of distance, we were taking them there so off we went. Meanwhile, back at the outfitters, the rest of the group was packing things up, getting showers and having a customary beer.

Upon return, I went to get my shower while the others in the group put our stuff in my Jeep. After a wonderful shower, Mikey and I jumped in the Jeep and headed home. Sixteen hours later, we arrived at my house. Mikey got most of his stuff and drove to his house, about 25 minutes away.