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First trip to the western area BWCA
by paddelingruth

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/19/2019
Entry & Exit Point: Little Indian Sioux River (north) (EP 14)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 2
Day 2 of 5
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 About 6:00 am it started storming. We had planned to get up early, get packed up and move on. We decided to go ahead and sleep in and stay where we were, we slept in until 9:00 am. When the rain stopped, we were still debating about going ahead and pack up and move, but it still looked like rain, plus we had no idea with all the people we saw coming and going yesterday if there would be an open campsite. We ate pancakes with blueberries then headed out fishing. I caught a walleye and Dan caught a few other fish. We started seeing other canoers coming in from area #14, two groups went all around the lake but didn’t stay. We saw 2 canoers come off of the portage into Lower Pauness, they told the 2 canoers waiting for the portage that Lower Pauness was full. The other 2 canoers took the site closets to leaving and the other 2 canoes moved past us toward the back of the lake. While we ate supper, another canoe came looking for a camp site. We had Mountain house Chili Mac for supper we ate early. We spent some time packing things and getting some stuff dried out it was Sunny and breezy now. Dan says we are expecting a low of 48 tonight. Tomorrow we will try to move on to Lower Pauness , Shell or Loon Lake.