Days 11-16 On to Gaskin Lake We had a smooth paddle across Vista to the dreaded portage with boulders. At least we knew what we were up against. We unloaded and re-loaded with no injuries. On to Gaskin. The portage from Horseshoe to Gaskin was a healthy work out for us -about a 100 rod with incline about half way. At the end of the portage into Gaskin we did have to get in the water to load our packs. Not too bad though. Gaskin is a popular lake so we knew to take the first site we came to. As we started to unpack the canoe another canoe pulled up . It seemed to come out of nowhere. Sadly, we told the people we were unpacking. I’m pretty sure they had to go on to Horseshoe to find a spot. We had a rough looking mouse at this site so we decided to move to the site we had passed earlier as soon as it opened up. We packed up and moved after 2 nights with the mouse. The new site was across from an island and it was a thoroughfare for travelers. We saw at least 5 groups a day go through between 10:30 and 1:00. The winds whipped up one day and a group of Boy Scouts took refuge at our site as they were trying to get back to their site. They stayed with us for about an hour. We had no firewood at this site so we took our handsaw and paddled around the edges of the lake looking for dead wood. We were successful finding wood but not catching fish. We left a nice pile of sawed logs for the next campers. , July 07, 2020