Tuesday, May 19, 2020 I woke up at 3 and had to put on a pair of pants as the temp had dropped to around 40 after a high of 70. We woke around 6, ate breakfast sans coffee (I shipped it with the canoe stuff, and forgot to pack some for the hike) and hiked on. We were both super sore and Sara had some bad blisters on her feet. I patched them up with some 2nd skin and we marched away with aching shoulders and tired legs, excited that we only had to go 18 miles today. We reached Agamok-Mueller Falls and really enjoyed this spot. There's a cool bridge, a campsite and a gorgeous gorge of flowing water.  After a 30 minute snack/bathroom break we continued on. The next campsite was about 5 miles away at Howard Lake, we ate a hot lunch here from the twig stove and the bees were everywhere. They were glued to our pack straps, buzzing our feet as we took boots off for relief and were a real nuisance. There was a pair of army boots and a torn up camo shirt at this site. The boots were in great shape, but too small for me so we left them. We left the Howard site and entered the lowest morale portion of the trip. Sara was in rough shape already, and now the trail went through tons of elevation changes and the tread had changed from moderately difficult to nothing but ankle busting boulders.  Every step took measured calculation which slowed us down, took more energy and absolutely demoralized us. Right before reaching Gabimichigami Lake, I spotted a Lynx on the trail, but couldn't get any footage of it as it snuck off quickly. We ate some Fritos at the Gabi sight and continued through the boulders, 10 miles to go. As we labored on, the trail didn't get easier until we got to Warclub Lake and we were able to pick up the pace a bit. We hit the edge of the BWCA just after passing Bingshick Lake, but we still had another couple of miles to hike. We took the Centennial Trail as it is a more direct route to Tuscarora Lodge and it was hard as well. We hobbled into our bunkhouse at Tuscarora at 7 pm, took hot showers, bandaged our feet and ate some bagels with peanut butter before passing out. My empty ibuprofen bottle was resting next to my head when I woke up the next morning.