Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

A paddler's guide to type 2 fun
by dogwoodgirl

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 07/29/2023
Entry & Exit Point: Brant Lake (EP 52)
Number of Days: 16
Group Size: 2
Day 12 of 16
Wednesday, August 09, 2023 Rain quit last night just before full dark. Woke up to low fluffy clouds and blue sky. Had hot coffee and "Rocky Mt Scramble"- needs less water and WAAAAY less black pepper. Portages today very wet, and this section from Ledge to Makwa is much more overgrown than Makwa to Adams. We had hoped for the sand beach campsite on the point on Little Sag, but it was taken. The group there looked like they had all their possessions hung to dry.

Continued on along the northwest side of Little Sag and found a pretty nice site on a rocky point with a small sandy beach on both sides. Campsite is marked wrong both on the map and in OSM. Someone arranged some nice rock tables/benches and there's lots of wood. Got showers today...always feels so good. The only good place to hang it was on the latrine trail, but it's a real long and scenic latrine trail so that was okay. Had lunch and iced coffee and cut wood before our showers. Big grey clouds scudding by, but it never rained so we had a nice fire and watched the stars come out. Kinda buggy...I had my own personal pet dragonfly harvesting mosquitos behind my chair.

~Hoe Lake, Elton Lake, Little Saganaga Lake