Monday, May 18th, 2015

It rained most of the night, I was up at 5:00, went outside and it was still raining some so I decided to sleep in a couple extra hours and see if the rain would stop, at 8:00 it stopped so I packed everything up and was on the water by 8:30 and headed to the 1st 10rd portage to Town, when I got to Town it started raining again,

through Town to a 90rd portage to Vesper, then a 68rd portage to Grasket, this was when the rain changed to snow and the temps were dropping fast, and the wind was picking up, then to the 45rd portage to Cam then a 100rd portage to Brule, I planned on getting the 1st campsite when you get into Brule, but it was taken, so I decided to head to South Temperance and one more 10rd portage and hopefully get the 1st campsite there, luckily it was open, I was wet head to toe with it snowing, so I quick set the tent up and threw all my dry stuff I needed in the tent, secured the canoe, covered the packs and in the tent I went at about 5:00, 1st I took all my wet cloths off and put them on 1 side of the tent, and put my dry stuff on, set my bed up and crawl in my sleeping bag to get warmed up, I know your not suppose to eat in your tent, but this night was so crappy I didn't care, I ate peanut butter and honey sandwiches and a few snacks, I went outside once for about 2 minutes and spent the rest of the night in the tent listening to it snow.
This Day was one if not the toughest days of my trip, those 6 portages were by far the rockiest and most challenging, with the rain, snow and wind, there was a lot of looking down, it was hard taking pictures, I took 6 all day, getting in the tent was almost the best part of the day, I do want to do this part again when there's better weather, because there was alot to see that I missed, if I only would of stayed one more night on Cherokee, I should of listen to Ben(nctry) when he text me on my InReach and said bad weathers coming early in the week, so thank for the warning Ben.