Tuesday, July 23, 2024 It's grey and windy this morning. Made coffee and apple pancakes, then we headed off for a day trip. It's just a short 10 rods into Shepo. The campsite there is small but adequate for a solo or 2 people. On to Sagus, another short portage. The campsite near the island is nice, lots of tent pads and a good kitchen. The site down the bay is gorgeous, huge white pines and lots of living space but close to a swampy area and much more buggy than anywhere else we stopped today. Probably wonderful later in the season. The site closest to the Fraser portage would also be best for a single canoe. Not much for tent pads, and the one there is starting to grow tall grass. Small kitchen area. Sagus itself is lovely, mature conifer forest.

Once back on Fraser, we collected wood and putzed along the shore. We found the outflow of a creek that drains a tiny pond back in the hills above the lake. Then we went back to camp.

I sat in camp and watched Jesse figure out how to cut wood solo, and understand why I gravitate towards wrist sized pieces. He's slowly acquiring the skills he'll need to solo some day.

We did see one group on the Fraser/Shepo portage, which is flat short and wide, that commented that this would be the hardest portage we did all day. Funny guys! They were coming from the direction of Cap/Roe/Boulder.

~Fraser Lake, Shepo Lake, Sagus Lake