Sunday, June 13, 2021 We broke camp pretty early, getting back on the water by 8:30 after a delicious breakfast. On Shell side of the beaver pond in the portage we found an iPhone. We had seen one group head out before us and no one come in so we brought it along. We planned to leave it with our outfitter and post here when we got home. We met the same father daughter group we travelled in with on paddling toward us on lower Pauness. They asked if we had found a phone! We were glad to save them the return trip back across the portage. We actually had one of the more scary moments I’ve had on my BWCA travels while paddling out. We were about halfway between portages on the LIS river when we heard the first roll of thunder. A few minutes later there was lightning overhead! I know what to do when this happens on the lake, but where do you go when you are on a river?! There was nothing to do but dig in and keep moving forward. That was a tense half an hour that fortunately didn’t have an unhappy ending.

I have been inspired by reading The Boundary Waters Journal to bring real food for the past several trips. Breakfasts included scrambled eggs and pancakes. Lunches were sandwiches with mashed taters, fish and fry bread, and chicken tacos. Suppers were chicken and veggie kabobs with fry bread, jambalaya with fry bread, and brats with red beans and rice. Good food, comfortable camp accommodations, mostly great weather, and few bugs made this a great trip and an ideal return to the BWCA for my wife.