Up early and off at 7:15. There was a promise of broken clouds and possible sun. Cherokee Creek was calm and pleasant. The beaver dam was an easy lift over on the right side again. Shortly after the dam we caught up to the other canoe that had come up on another moose so were sitting motionless. This was a bigger dude with better antlers and we had him up close and personal! We glided up and sat still until he got tired of us and moved on but what a thrill to be so close to such a large and powerful animal.

The portage in to Skoop Lake was hard on the legs and hips with a lot of up and down. My legs were feeling the effects of the portage into Cherokee Lake and a day of rest that only tightened everything up. Little did I realize we’d get a lot of help from Mr. Beaver as we moved into Ada Lake. The portage of about 100 rods was only a few rods long! With a beaver dam backing up the water we paddled right along the old portage and could see some of the boards used as bridging as we floated along. At the entrance to Ada we had another beaver dam but we were getting used to them by now.

Entering Sawbill Lake the loons were plentiful and noisy. We took the third site on the left which gave us a fantastic view of the lake! We enjoyed a rain free evening, had some fair breezes blowing away any bugs, and really enjoyed this site. Again there was no landing to speak of but we found plenty of tent pads and the view of the setting sun was incredible.