Chicago boys go to Gun Lake, 8,13,13

The route to Fourtown took us over 3 really rough portages.  The two short portages were the worst with bad footing the whole length.   The long one was over a huge hill.   The afternoon was make camp, lunch, coffee and then supper.  The dad liked the steaks, salad and sweet corn.  He also helped with dishes.  We went fishing in the evening.  Didn't even have a nibble.   We were on the water by 9:30 the next morning.  We paddled and portaged through Boot, Fairy and into Gun by 12:30.  It was too hot and sunny so fishing was luckless.  The  evening was beautiful and we laid on the rock looking at the twinkling stars that were so bright because of the lack of light pollution.  After pancakes for breakfast we headed for Bullet and were rewarded with 3 nice bass from a weedy narrows in the middle of the lake.  The boy was almost pulled out of the boat when he was reeling in a giant Bass.   It made every one's day.   Upon returning to camp we swam and snacked.  Supper was fish tacos. Super!  We went to the tents early because tomorrow was a travel day.  Our return to Fourtown was smooth and easy.  We arrived at a real nice camp about 12:30.  After lunch we swam and had a real good time.  After supper we went fishing again. The boy reeled in his lure and a Northern attacked it just as he brought up to the boat.  I couldn't get the net fast enough and the fish got loose.  We stopped fishing at 9:15 because the mosquitoes became unbearable.  We had smores and snacks around the campfire and then laid on the rock looking at the inky night sky with it's pinhole stars.  I told a couple bear stories and we went to bed.  Our last day was uneventful as we toiled across the difficult portages.