Friday, August 26, 2022 Day 5 There was some discussion that we could move our camp to Ogish this day, but in the end we settled on having another layover day at Camp Blueberry.

Instead we would head to Ogish as a daytrip, which turned out to be a bit of a challenge as the wind was building coming out of the West. We headed out of camp and made our way to Jasper Lake. We found the campsite on the point on route to the Kingfisher Lake portage open. We pulled up here to spend some time and have lunch. I had stayed on this site about 20 years ago and remembered it (correctly) as a great site. It has a little cliff to jump off from right in front and everyone enjoyed a few jumps into the refreshing water.

After lunch, Eric and Gavin were ready to head out towards Ogish but Rayn wasn’t feeling it as there was a pretty decent headwind at this point and wanted to head back to chill at camp. We made our way back, taking our time to enjoy the falls between Jasper and Alpine. We were back to camp around 2:00 and I decided to try some fishing in our fairly protected bay, hoping that I could find a walleye or three for supper. I managed a couple of smallmouth, but nothing to write home about.

Back at camp we were waiting the return of our explorers as the afternoon was winding down but the wind was not letting up. Around 4 or 4:30 we watch a canoe paddle to the back of the bay and then back around towards us. The two gals pull up to the site and ask if we can confirm their map. Like mine, their map shows a campsite right next to the Rog portage, but it looks like it is closed. They need to get to Threemile Island for a pickup by the next day so were hoping to camp there. After we chat a bit and it is pretty obvious they are pretty spent…my Daughter reminds me “A Scout is Helpful”, so we let them know that if necessary we can make room for them in our camp. They do seem relieved. They plan to check on the site in Rog, but are glad to have a backup plan. We did not see them again that night and assume the site on Rog was open for them.

Around 5:00 Eric and Gavin come paddling back. They had made it about halfway down Ogish and had a great time, but also reported that every site on Ogish had been taken, so we were glad we did not decide to try to move camps. We had another nice evening in camp, and that night Eric and Gavin decide to sleep up on the rock. I thought about it but felt like I might be intruding on their father/son time. They also ended up having clear skies and were pretty awed by the stars and milky way.

~Alpine Lake, Jasper Lake, Kingfisher Lake, Ogishkemuncie Lake~Alpine Lake, Jasper Lake, Kingfisher Lake, Ogishkemuncie Lake