Day 2
I woke up around 7 AM and took down the food pack to get started on breakfast. Ben woke up shortly afterwards and helped cook. The pancakes didn’t turn out as nice as other trips because Ben was cooking on the Dragonfly stove instead of the Coleman (it wasn’t working). The heat distribution on the pan wasn’t even, making the pancakes cooked in the middle and not on the edges creating a big mess when trying to flip them. We also forgot to pack margarine, another ingredient to help them taste better. We still ended up eating the pancakes despite not tasting great.
After breakfast we went fishing again around Lunetta Lake. The weather was not as nice as the day before. It was cool and cloudy the whole day. Ben caught another largemouth, this one bigger than the first one. The wind started picking up so we headed back to camp.
Lunetta Largemouth
Ben decided to do some exploring on his own while I stayed back at camp later in the afternoon. He decided to hike through the woods to the portage entering Hassel Lake and hike to the campsite on Hassel. It was an adventure filled with hiking on a portage with several downed trees, seeing a campsite not used often, and wildlife.
Hassel Lake Campsite
Beaver Pond on Lunetta-Hassel Portage
Lunetta-Hassel Portage
Beginning of Hassel Lake
Lunetta-Hassel Portage
Lunetta-Hassel Portage
I decided to go for a swim. The swimming area wasn’t inviting. The lake water was dark brown, concealing rocks close to the surface near the swimming area. When I took a plunge into the water, it was shallow enough for me to touch. It wasn’t a long swim, just in and out because the water was freezing. Ben cooked up a ham dinner with pears and peas. It was another nice evening as the clouds began breaking up, showing some blue sky heading our way.
