up and at em day 1

We got up early and waited for the rain to die down on Saturday morning. We started across Snowbank, had a little lunch and then portaged to a beaver pond and then to Boot Lake. We paddled across Boot and then met a formidable portage from Boot to Ensign Lake. On each portage, I did three rounds—one with a canoe on my shoulders and two with gear. 

The first two were pretty fun, but the third was horrible! It said it was 220 rods, but I measured it as 1.3 miles. I slipped twice in the nasty mud and got many mosquito bites. We are an amazing group to get through that day!

After that three hour portage, we paddled Ensign. We had our sites set on one site, but then we saw lightening so had to stop at the closest campsite. We quickly set up camp, Nate and kids made Indian food and we all collapsed into our tents to dodge the mounting mosquito population.