Thursday, August 10, 2023 Another short travel day. We have time for another layover, so figured we'd check out campsites until we found one we wanted to spend an extra day at. Portage inot Virgin from Little Sag was pretty hilly- got my heart pumping, Virgin campsite wasn't lovely, West Fern also nothing special. Portage into Powell was short, but had some tricksy footing better the boulders and the beavers.

The site on the south shore of Powell is fantastic for a small group. One big tent pad, and another smaller one that we used for our kitchen/rain shelter. Both are protected from wind. The rock fireplace at the top of the hill is a marvel of fire engineering. It actually looks like a safe place to have a fire even though it's exposed to wind from several direction, and has beautiful built in tables on either side. Mix of clouds and sun now.

I'm lounging in the shade and Jesse is gathering wood. Might try to stay up and stargaze tonight...we only have 3 nights left. Today we made butter coffee. Accidentally. This is not optimal! Jesse shook the coffee/cream mixture in it's little nalgene too long....it was odd but we drank it.

Good lord, everytime we get out food the wasps come out to play! They were landing in our soup bowls, on our spoons, even trying to fly into Jesse's mouth. Not cool! Running around on the rocks trying to eat without eating a wasp is hilarious but still not very fun. Clouds moving in this evening- looking like solid rain coming.

       ~Little Saganaga Lake, Virgin Lake, West Fern Lake, Powell Lake