BW Journal Day 6 7/9

Our last major portage took us right along the border between Canada and the US. The portage has a series of monuments delineating the border. Here is Brian standing in Canada.
Now that we're all safely back to the Western end of Saganaga we are taking it a little bit easy. It's Scott's turn to recover from being under the weather. And the severe headache he's had to deal with is almost gone. Our new campsite affords us a view of the last portage we took.
Here you can see several canoes preparing to make the portage from Saganaga to Swamp Lake. You can also see the rocks at the beginning of the portage. Those rocks will tear the skin off a Kevlar canoe. So for each portage we must jump out into the water and lift the canoe over the rock and on to the soft grass or mud behind the rocks.
This particular portage was so short you can see the next lake through the trees.

Here's our power generation system. During the trip it has kept our two phones charged and the GPS. This has allowed for full time satellite navigation and communication. It has also allowed for watching a couple movies in our tent after the sun goes down.

Because of the potential for incoming rain, we got Brian all decked out in his foul weather gear. He will likely wear this on the boat ride back to Voyageurs from American Point.

Unlike the campsites in the Quetico, all the Boundary Waters campsites have latrines. Here's our luxury latrine...
It's nested back in the woods in a very private spot at the end of a pretty long path.












There are a number of small paths leading from our site. My theory is that they are bear paths because several of them have a load of fresh bear scat at the beginning of the path.
Brian disagrees with my theory. He thinks it is moose scat. We have placed a 3 dollar bet on that which we will resolve when we return to the outfitters. (it turns out he was right. This is moose poop!
Another key feature of our camp site is our kitchen. Please note the gas stove and granite countertop.