North Temperance-Sitka-Cherokee 5 miles, 3.5 hours, 245 rods

Around 3 am, the winds became intense. My tarp was pushing against my hammock and I didn't sleep much. At 1030 we packed up camp. It began to rain to immediately. We threw on our rain gear off we went. I had read about the Sitka portage and it lived up to its reputation. Its 140 rods and 30 rods or so of it is flat. Very hilly. That being said, the footing is good and there are only 1 or 2 tricky spots. It gets the heart rate up but its not too difficult. The winds were still whipping out of the west when we reached Cherokee and we were heading right into it. It wasn't the easiest paddle but we ended up on a peninsula site on the west shoreline which was suprisingly protected from the wind. It rained steadily throughout the afternoon so we spent some time in our tents/hammocks. It got nice at night and we had a nice fire.