Saturday, May 16th, 2015

Up early again and on the water by 5:30, a short paddle to a 35rd portage to Lower George, a 30rd portage to long Island,

I took the 35rd portage on the island in long Island lake, (what a beautiful day for paddling, the water was like glass most of the morning) on to a 5rd and 25rd portage to Gordon then a 15rd to Cherokee, this was the only portage I seen People on, 5 canoes and 11 people, they were all spaced out because you could only put one canoe in at a time, so I just waited till they all crossed.(pretty amazing to do that many portages and only see people on 1)
I arrived on Cherokee about noon, I decided to look for a campsite and relax for a night or 2, so I paddled to the island campsite on the north end to check it out, the site was open so I stop, I took about 10 steps into it and decided this will be camp for 2 nights, lots of room to move around, a overlook on west side, nice landing, open but lots of shade areas, lots of tent pads, great cooking area, lots of places to sit, only bad thing for me there were lots of people,(I did meet some nice people though) set the tent up and a cloths line, then took a 2 hour nap.
The rest of the day I spent relaxing and exploring the site, seen a few people fishing and looking for campsites, had a nice fire, meal and did a little fishing with no luck again, stayed up later because I wasn't traveling in the morning and enjoyed the night, it did start clouding up before I went to bed and rain over night.