Day 6....perfect lazy AM rise, have 5 hours to get to Redhorse mouth on Sandpoint....figure a 3 hr paddle if all goes well.  weather and temps were stunning for a solo....

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Here's another spot at a pinch just before another "dam" marked on the map.....bout 5 dams to negotiate here also

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And looking back at the "dam" that is marked on your maps....

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The last 1/2 mile of the redhorse is spectacular and deeper waters from backflow up from the big lake...yet protected from winds.  Would make a great get away not far off the beaten trail of the main lake....and provide fish, shelter from wind, etc.  Was very picturesqe.  As I rounded the very last corner looking for the bluff Mr. Anderson wanted to park me on....there were 2 boats fishing the mouth of the river for 'eyes...they too said it had been a slow week.  They were the first folks I'd seen in 6 days.

Climbed the bluff....sacked out for a snack and a snooze.  30 minutes later Mark pulls up....a nice 1 hour early to boot!  made my day as I had a cross-state journey to Thief river Falls ahead...to see my middle gal run in the section finals in Warren on Sat AM.

Rest of trip was uneventful.  Nice customs gal at the dock asked me only my name....had no problem with my birth certificate and ID...(passport would be required in 2 days...).  Took about an hour to pay the bill, shower up and return to Crane to load up.   I stopped at the bar just N of Buyck....about 4 miles? down the raod from Andersons for a burger.....great burgers indeed!  The guys in there gave me all the info I needed on the lakes I had travled....where to fish and camp....and how to get winter access for the Lake Trout via snowmobile.

I'm now convinced that the next time you need info on a "lesser travled" part of the country.  You go up a few months early.  have a few meals at the local pubs.....and you'll be miles ahead of the game.

Got lazy with the pics on the way out....

considering a fall trip in the Oct colors down the Namakan from the LLC village to Namakan proper.....but still playing my options.

Thanks for reading.