Portage 5 was an easy 100 metre trail as I could walk up the side of the rapid with no clearing required. The right hand side was too shallow to line the canoe, and the left side too fast. I had already waded and lined 50 metres up a previous rapid.
Camp 7, after travelling 15 km, including wading 50 metres, portaging 100 metres, and two km searching for a campsite.
Forest fire had burned the moss. I dug a hole to place the cooler and covered it with leafy branches cut from the space for the tent.
There was no easy access to the river for water, so I tethered the canoe to a willow bush and pushed the boat out. Then I walked out in the canoe to fetch water.
More rain. I canoed to the next rapids to find and clear the portage. Because of the recent forest fire, it took me a while to find the location of the old trail.
From my camp, I walked upstream along the rapids which turn at a right angle below the portage on the other side. The last photo shows the spot where I took a bath. I am always careful bathing when it is a rocky bottom, wearing rubber Crocs™ shoes and crouching low to brace myself. Falling and hitting my head would not be good.