Thursday, June 03, 2010 - Woke up around 5:30. Had a quick breakfast and finish packing. On the water just before 8. Made good time across Crooked Lake and through Friday Bay. Portage to Pappose Creek was full of animal footprints and flowers, rather enjoyed looking around on my trip back for our gear. The beaver damns were amazing through this area. Missed the creek between Chippewa to Niki. We were passed by a tandem canoe at this point and decided to sit back and watch their lead. We met up with them on the mile portage to Gun Lake. We exchanged stories and found out they were from Indiana and entered the same date that we did. We wished them luck and told them we would be passing them as they were setting their camp up, beings we had to double protage and they were single portaging. Jake then thought he recognized them as the two that had gotten the falls site just before us, four days earlier. Made it through the mile portage with three stops, which we would backtrack and get our second set of packs each time. We were both glad to see Gun Lake, and of course every site on the lake was occupied. So we pushed on to Fairy. At the portage to Fairy, I noticed we didn’t have our spare paddle. I looked at Jake, and new instantly It was back at the last portage. We weren’t going back today to get it.At the end of the portage into Fairy Lake, ran into a tandum canoe fishing. They stated the campsite on the west was open and they were staying on the east side. They also informed us the walleye bite was tough. It was great news to know the campsite was open, because Jake and me were whooped. Made it to the site around 2:30 pm and relaxed. We set up camp in at a leisurely pace. First ate some backpackers delight to regain a little bit of energy. Jake caught a smallie, bluegill and a turtle from shore, while I caught a small walleye from shore, but nothing when I went out trolling the lake in the evening. Had a campfire, played cards and went to bed. 10.5 miles, 1 pullover and 4 portages equaling 560 rods. Papoose Lake, Chippewa Lake, Niki Lake, Wagosh Lake, Gun Lake, Fairy Lake