Weather: Hot, sunny in the morning to threatening T-storms in the afternoon. Short, heavy shower late afternoon as we were looking for the campsite.
Wildlife: Bald eagles, geese, mergansers, loons, herons, moose
Portages: 0
Breakfast at Mama Bear's. Kacia officially passed the baton on to Kay, for the final leg of the trip. Said our goodbyes and she took the car back to the Bangor Airport to leave for Sam to pick up in 12 days.
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Handing Kay off for Leg 6 |
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| Um...oops? |
The Moose River was smooth (and the air was hot), all the way to Long Pond. Didn't see anyone on the river the whole time. We entered the weedy west end of the pond as clouds started gathering, but the pond surface remained dead calm. Goal was to paddle to the lower narrows where two campsites were shown on Map 10. It started raining. The first one appeared occupied, (the picnic table had stuff on it and we saw camp chairs), so we sought out the second one opposite on the north shore. Found a cleared gravel area, but it was before the point where the site was indicated to be. And no picnic table, firepit, outhouse, etc. that would scream "this is a campsite." We rounded the point and there was a moose! But it was still raining and we couldn't find any sign of a site so we didn't linger to observe the moose. A local resident had come out to look at the moose from the cabin across from the supposed campsite, so we asked for directions. He's had his place for a long time, but said he wasn't aware of any camp sites and "maybe" there was one in the south cove by the boat launch. Decided to paddle farther east and hopefully find a place to pitch the tent. Rain stopped, but the wind picked up. Passed a potential spot, but went a bit further. Wind continued to kick up and without having a solid idea of what we would find, decided to turn back and stealth camp at that first potential site we had past. It turned out to be rather protected. Heard thunder in the distant, but no storms found us.
Dinner: Indian Vindaloo, fresh snap peas, m and m's
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| Old bottles picked out and arranged in the Moose River near Jackman |
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| Long Pond |
