Hungry Jack Lodge

Mom and I sat on the patio overlooking the lake in the direction of Honeymoon Bluff and enjoyed a beverage as the sun went down.  The memories came flooding back created there over the past 28 years.  We invested a lot of quality gamily time here.  We are currently set up in site 11 in the camp ground.  The new lodge looks terrific.  Forrest has really done a great job with the new facility. 

The new dinning room is spectacular and they have a menu at the bar.  They even have their own Hungry Jack Lager  now!

We plan to do two day trips while we are here.  One to the east end of Hungry Jack Lake with a portage to West Bearskin and return to the campsite.  The second, on Wed. will take us back to the stairway portage.  That is the site where Deanna and I and Shadow discovered a bull moose eating aquatic plants just off the trail!

We hit the portages today and the wind hit us!  After paddling to the far end of Hungry Jack we portaged to Bearskin.  All went well until we decided to circumnavigate Bearskin in search of an elusive campsite.  The wind came up about 15 mph gusting to 25 mph and we paddled into the teeth for three miles before getting back to Hungry Jack.  All in all it turned out to be a great afternoon paddle.  Now we are going out in Grandpa's Office for an evening cruise.  Pictures will follow.

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After fighting the wind for one hour and still smiling!

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We waited as four young lads crossed the Bearskin portage.  They were justifiably proud to tell us they were on day ten of an eleven day rip from Menogin.

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View to the East on Bearskin.  The far hills separate Clearwater and Caribou lakes.

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