Decided to turn the trip into a loop instead of an out and back based on the restriction of camping on Horse Lake and not being confident that the kids would be able to help out enough to go against the current as well as most likely the wind to get back to lower/upper basswood then the following day back up the horse river all the way out to the EP. So the decision was made to go up through Friday bay and back down through the mile long portage and into Gun Lake to camp then over to Fourtown the next day and our the final day. So we decided to just take an off day and relax around camp, also it looked like more rain which proved to be a wise decision as we got yet another much smaller thunderstorm.