Layover Day. I got up early and watched the minnows feeding and the white-throated sparrows drinking from the lake. Everyone else slept in. We had biscuits and peppered bacon gravy and lots of bacon slices for breakfast. I did a top fire for the biscuits and they were perfect. Mountain Goat made the gravy and it was delicious.

We swam and lazed around reading. We did a lot of swimming out to the little island and investigated the beautiful freshwater sponges. I had never seen these before and they are amazing, but very fragile. Hopefully, future visitors will treat them with care and respect.

About 2pm, we paddled back to the portage to Mora for a picnic lunch. Beautiful spot with a lovely breeze. Mountain Goat and I swam and explored the stream, while Bear fished from shore. The water level had been a lot higher the day before due to some overnight rain, but was at a reasonable level today. The stream has some really cool spots with big boulders, deep cavern/crevasses. We found someone's long lost paddle jammed in some rocks and decided to carry it out of the BW. Then we paddled around the east end of Little Sag while Bear trolled. Got back to the campsite around 4 pm. Dinner was wild rice soup with cheesy biscuits...a family favorite. We still haven't decided where we will head tomorrow.

~Little Saganaga Lake