Sunday, July 10, 2022 - EP-26 Wood - Hula - Good. After spending the night in the bunkhouse at Packsack Outfitters our crew wakes up around 7:30 am. I'm a pretty sound sleeper, but I woke up before my alarm because I'm so excited for our trip to begin. The bunkhouse is in the upstairs of the Packsack lodge. Having stayed at several bunkhouses in the past, before tripping in the BWCAW, I'd say this is definitely one of the nicer ones we've had the pleasure to call home for a night. If I understand correctly, the lodge (and the other cabins on the property) were moved from another location, when the BWCAW was created. I appreciate learning about the history of the area each time we are lucky enough to visit! After a cup of coffee, we load up our gear and the nice folks at Packsack haul all 9 of us and our gear to the entry point at Wood Lake.

The portage into Wood was pretty easy, but seemed longer than I thought it would be. Joel dropped his knife on his way down the portage, so I went back to try to find it. After making it all the way back to the gravel parking lot, I had not found his knife. As I started back down the portage, I prayed to God that if it was His will that I find Joel's knife, then please let me find it, and if not, then so be it. 2 or 3 steps later, his knife was laying on the side of the portage. Praise the Lord!

Once I arrived back at Wood Lake, the canoes were loaded and we begin to paddle. Noah, Joel, and Colman lead the way.

As we paddle across Wood Lake, we noticed some large white birds on the island in the south end of Wood Lake. I belive they are Trumpter Swans.

Levi likes to stop and have his picture taken on rocks, so we stop for this one.

The portage from Wood to Hula seemed short and was a pretty easy portage. Our group makes quick work of this portage and we quickly paddle across Hula. The portage from Hula to Good was a little longer, but again we make it across with ease. Once on Good, we paddle down to the narrows to see if the site there is open. We are in luck, and make this site our stopping point for the day. The site at the narrows of Wood is a very nice site with plenty of room for tents as well as good trees for hammocks. It has a great view of the lake from the firegrate. The only down side is the climb from the water up to camp. This site sets up 50-60 feet the above water. In my opinion, it is well worth the climb.

After setting up camp, it rains for about a half hour. After the rain, we decide to try our luck fishing on Good. While fishing we see deer on the shoreline on the west side of the lake. We also saw a beaver swimming along the southern shoreline. Levi made friends with a dragonfly. Noah caught 3 northern pike, Colman caught crawfish and a snapping turtle, Joel caught 11 northern pike and a small mouth bass. Joel's largest northern pike was the biggest of the trip.

After fishing, we head back to camp, and have dinner. After dinner, the it begins to rain again. Levi has had a loose tooth for a few days, and finally pulled it today. Hopefully the Tooth Fairy will find her way to the BWCA. Today was a Great day!!