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So I forgot my straps for holding the canoe to my cart. I use rope to tie the canoe to the roof, but rope is crap for a cart. I made do with the rope.
I saw a nice grouse on the trail. Not sure what kind. It was black with white tipped feathers and a cute little red hat on his head. I always go hard through this portage. It is the longest at 2.5 km, is mostly uphill, and I like to get it done quickly. Kibbee lake was a nice paddle. You start out in a winding slough and make your way into the lake. After about 2 km you are at the next portage. This one is 2 km and stars off steeper than the last and has lots of huge muddy wheel sucking potholes. Fortunately it levels out and the potholes diminish. There is a little downhill section before you come to a small sandy beach at Indian Point Lake. This is a really nice lake, and I decided to enjoy it by paddling the south shore. I had never done this before, and I think I like it more than the north shore. I really wanted to push on to Issaac Lake, but I was tired, cold and dark clouds were moving in next door. So I decided to stay at the old log cabin at the end of the lake. I pulled in about 5 pm, ate and went to bed early. There are 5 old log cabins around the circuit that you can sleep in if you can stand the mice. There doesn't seem to be any mice around in the spring though. I was fine all night.
Up at 6 and on the water at 7. This day looked promising. Mist and clouds everywhere, but I could tell the clouds were thin. There were 5 swans, 3 geese, and about 20 ducks on the lake near the cabin this morning. They were all hanging out together, chatting away.
