Sunday, June 22, 2025 Leave Sagus for Jordan. Got up at 6am, had oatmeal and packed up camp. We went back out the single long portage and paddled through the Fraser narrows. It would have been pretty neat, but there were so many rocks close to the surface I spent most of my time looking down and trying to avoid scratching the bottom of the boat. We crossed Fraser and Thomas in a moderate crosswind. It was a pretty long paddle. Then went through Thomas pond and along the Hatchet river. Thomas had several sites taken and a couple of groups went by on the Hatchet river, so it was a lot busier. We were pretty worried about finding a site on Jordan. A duck on the Hatchet river led her 9 or so ducklings on a crash course across the front of our boat. We stopped paddling, but the momentum and current kept us going straight for them. I tried back paddling which freaked them all out and there was a mad scramble to get past us. We managed to get our camera out, but they were pretty far away by then. mad mom and babies Ringnecked Ducks

I didn't think much of Hatchet lake to stay on, but Hatchet river is really pretty. We're a little biased against it though since it is the area we got lost in the last time.

We got through the Ima portage without running into anyone else fortunately since it is a tight portage at the other end. The paddle across Ima and down the Jordan narrows is another long paddle with a short portage in the middle into Jordan. We saw a couple of groups headed to Ima after the portage so we were pretty worried about getting a site on Jordan, but the 1st 2 sites of the 3 sites were vacant. Dan asked which site I really wanted to try to get and I said the one on the far south end. There is not a portage in that area, so there wouldn't be much traffic, fortunately it was open too. We unloaded and started setting up camp at about 4pm. We got the damp laundry out and hung it up on the paracord in the tent since it was late.

Campsite 1201 on Jordan has a nice landing on a small beach, and an open area for the canoe storage. It is an open campsite with a few trees for shade behind the kitchen area. The kitchen area doesn't have close trees, but the trees behind it were ok for the hand washing station and utensil bag. We rigged the tarp at the back of the site since more rain was possible and we needed it for shade when we got there.

The site has several long flat rock areas that serve as sidewalks to the place we put the tent. The best place for the tent is probably where we had the tarp, but it would be in the way. The tent area we picked wasn't too level and had some roots to work around. We hung the still damp and now slightly smelly laundry up. I put mine in the tent, because it felt pretty warm in there and there was some rain threatening. Dan hung his out on the point, but had to get it in when some light showers came through. The worst part of the site was a medium sized rodent of some sort had pooped all over the place. I was a little worried it was a skunk, because I could smell something skunky over near the bushes next to the fire grate. We never saw it fortunately. We scraped up the ones that were a danger to walking with some sticks and moved them out of the way. We had saved the MH Pad Thai for a travel day. We boiled some extra noodles and rehydrated some green beans since it is a little short on noodles. We got everything cleaned up and the Ursaks and bear bags up and got to bed a little earlier for once. A rain storm came through during the night that must have had some wind, because the back of the tarp came loose and the gear packs got wet that were under it. Sagus to Fraser-Thomas 57R, Thomas to Hatchet 7R, 44R, 14R, Hatchet to Ima 28 R, Ima to Jordan 13R, Total 10.7 miles, 9 miles paddling, 1.5 miles portaging.