11 August 2017, Friday

The mist on the lake is so dense this morning that we cannot even see the water while sitting by lake’s edge. As we rehydrate our noodle kugel the ripples on the lake gradually reappear. Soon we can see a suggestion of the opposite shore as the grey curtain lifts. The moon’s reflection in the water appears to be caught in a silver spider web as the morning continues to brighten. We are not planning to go far today, so we take our time over breakfast.

By 10:30 we are on the water. By noon we have finished our 120 rod (each rod equals about 5 meters) portage onto Ge-be-on-e-quet Lake.

Here we meet a couple travelling in the opposite direction. They spent the last two nights on Pocket Lake, today’s destination, and assure us it is beautiful. We paddle down Ge-be-on-e-quet Creek which looks like water lily soup bordered on both sides by a sea of green grass. We turn left on Pocket Creek and soon arrive at our camp for the next two nights. We have plenty of time for a refreshing dip in the lake (for both us and our muddy, sweaty clothes.) Everything dries quickly in the warm afternoon sunshine. Feeling clean and refreshed, we enjoy our dinner of Spanish rice and chocolate mousse. We watch as the setting sun turns the eastern shore green-gold. It is very peaceful. We hear occasional frogs, distant jays and the clicking of dragonflies, no doubt dining on mosquitoes, who are hungrily humming about trying to dine on us.

Wildlife: raven, bald eagle, red squirrels, loons, chickadee, garter snake, kingfisher