Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

Lake One loop to Snowbank
by Portage Monkey

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 05/26/2007
Entry Point: Lake One (EP 30)
Exit Point: Snowbank Lake Only (EP 28)  
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 2
Day 3 of 5
Monday, May 28, 2007 No rush again today. Taking kind of a relaxed pace on this trip compared to other, nice to slow it down a bit and do a little fishing and exploring as we go. First thing this morning we portage from Hudson into Insula and end up spending some time chatting with a couple in their 50's. I hope I am still making these trips for another 20 years. After the portage we set out across Insula as the wind picked up...luckily mostly from our backs. Insula is a big island studed beauty that we navigated quickly as we wanted to get the portage into Kianna over with today. That portage was just enough to finish us off for the day, not terrible but put together with the long windy paddle up Insula we were ready to make camp. Luckily Kianna is an awesome lake. One of my 2 favorites on this trip. Lovely cliffs, nice big White Pines (perfect for trying the new hammock), decent fishing...just what I look for.