There's a jackalope in at least of those previous PODs. Just saying.

POD today 4/7 is excellent. So nice. I'd like to be right there. I'm pretty sure there's a 30" walleye off that point too.

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The packs were nearby.  I am always impressed by how much weight my old canvas packs take on in an all day downpour.

THAT must be a hell of a portage IF it took 3 men to carry the canoe across sans packs. 

The Picture Of the Day today happens to be on what I now know is the Goat Hill Portage.  It is about 4:00 PM and as dark as the photo shows it.  This is the West end at waters edge and the reason we were stalled under the canoe and not on the water was a lightening barrage as impressive as the portage itself.

If you look closely in the upper right hand corner, you can barely make out a pink eyed Alpine goat up in one of the trees.  I understand they have a higher percentage of cones in their eyes and are more likely to be out on dark rainy days. The lightening did not seem to be bothering him.  We knew it was a male because he was on the left side of the tree.

MossBack

It's too bad the goats were hiding, they do that. I'm glad the portage provided a lifetime of memories.

Mr. Salt,

Thank you for the history lesson.  Always glad to add to my base of near knowledge.  Borrowing a term from the old Andy Griffith Show, I feel as though you might be "Greening" me just a bit.

I appreciate your  confirmation that it was in fact the portage we were on last September.  It had poured down all day prior to our arrival in the afternoon.  The walk was interesting to say the least.

Regards,

MossBack

It would be a mistake to over exaggerate the difficulty of this portage. I've never heard of anyone having altitude sickness. 

So Old Salt... Is that the portage where it rises so high your above the clouds? The air gets pretty thin up there.