Every morning we have the same breakfast. Bacon, egg, and hashbrown breakfast wraps with salsa. Never gets old. We bring large flour tortillas - but usually by the end of the week, the remaining ones stick together making for difficult use. We now place a piece of parchment paper between every tortilla - and never have a problem anymore.

We happened to enter while the 1st significant mosquito hatch was underway. Pretty much had them 24x7 - but after the 1st day, we grew accustomed to our residents. Probably donated a pint or so - but did not experience too many black flies, so we considered it a win.

Our routine was simple. Eat.....hydrate....and fish. Hit those walleye holes hard but also cast a few Mepps along the shoreline. Caught plenty of smaller northern and bass.

Another windy afternoon. It was strange to have such low humidity with consistent wind out of the east. We heard on our radio about the wildfire outside of Ely and observed quite a few passing forest service planes throughout the week.

As much work as it is to double portage our gear - base camping is what we prefer. We bring many creature comforts these days, so the thought of packing and moving no longer appeals to us.

Our living room view was awesome. We dehydrate most of our meals, but reserve the right to eat fish anytime!

We set up the rain tarp - as forecast called for a rainy Thursday. We've camped through quite a few fire bans, but this trip felt like the driest we've ever been. Although mosquitos were around all day, sunset was the most intense. Early bedtime every night!