Friday, August 28, 2015 Friday : up at 6:00 a.m. We decided we better head out today, we knew when we headed in that the weather was supposed to get stormy later today. Right after I got out of the tent, I heard a huge rustle in the tree across & the lake. I first thought it was a bear or moose I was ready to get Dan from the tent, then all the sudden a tree branch fell out into the lake and here came a beaver pulling a branch. What a relief. We were loaded and in our canoe by 8:00 a.m. and headed to the portage. We were the only canoe on the lake at this point. We made it to the portage & we made it back in the lake easily. It was a gray day & so far low winds. As we paddled on Brule we saw many other canoes heading across the lake. We were deliberating getting camp somewhere on Brule for the night and head out the rest of the way Saturday. We asked another canoe about the weather and they said it was supposed to rain and be windy on Friday night. The wind had started picking up & and the sky was still gray. We saw a huge Eagle in the tree out in the lake. We carefully approached the tree & was able to get a picture of him. The Eagle stayed right there and let us take a picture. We decided to go ahead and get off the lake. We reached the landing at 11:15 a.m. So happy to be there but sad for the adventure to end. There was a group dropping off someone and another canoe headed back out and another canoe starting their journey. We headed back to Sawbill to drop off the canoe, have lunch and take a $4:00 shower, pure heaven. We then took our time to see the sites at Lake Superior. We had called and got a camp site in Deluth at Spirit Mountain. What a neat place. At 4:00 a.m. the Thunder started and my husband woke me up and said let’s go before it starts to rain. He thought it was 6:00 a.m. we were both surprised to see the clock in the truck say 4:00 am; just as we left the campground it started pouring rain. It rained for a while, we drove in fog. We arrived in Lincoln NE at 2:00 p.m. I had said before we go again I need to get this published on the BWCA, so here it is July 2017 and we are getting ready to head back to the BWCA for our 3rd trip in August 2017.