The only goals we ever have for our departure day are an early start and a safe drive home, both of which were met.

After a quick paddle through Nina Moose and the river and the short portages along it, we were back to the parking lot by 8:30 and driving a few minutes after 9:00 AM. The mosquitoes were horrendous at the EP parking lot and we were happy to be away from them at that point. The drive home was broken up by lunch at Culver's in Superior, with talk about future trips (both Curt and i have solos planned for later this summer) and what we would do better/different for our next group trip. Before the trip, Jaden had been somewhat nervous about going with someone new, but he and Curt seemed to get along very well and Jaden is now looking forward to the opportunity for group trips in the future.

While the fishing was just ok; especially for early June; and the weather was a bit hit or miss, we had a great trip. The crazy weather including heavy rains and flooding that followed just a few days after we left made our trip all that much more meaningful, as we know we would not have been able to do what we did had we decided to plan our trip for one-week later as we had hoped to do back in January. Sometimes it's the options that you don't choose that end up being the best decisions for a trip!