Friday, July 28, 2006 Little Rush Lake, Skipper Lake, Poplar Lake

We turned our six day trip into a five day one. And pressed on all the way out. We were both getting anxious to return to comfort and home cooked meals. The portage to poplar lake is very long, but not very difficult. I was supervised I did the 320 rod portage with only one stop for rest. The public landing came into view and we just sat in the car and listened to the radio for 20 minutes. Those seats are so comfortable after a week in the wilderness. The radio was great too, since the only music we heard all week was an obnoxiously loud/feminine boy singing Kelly Clarkson's "Walk Away" that we had passed on Gaskin (day 2). We also sang a couple of songs ourselves, like Jesus loves me and old camp songs. That is how we met, oh yeah and Keith Urban made his was in as we paddled. We had a great trip and I look forward to doing this again next year. I think we'll head west to Ely next time, hopefully less people. The fire up by seagull was crazy. WE never actually saw smoke, but the stream of helicopters was relentless.

Lakes Traveled:   Little Rush Lake, Skipper Lake, Poplar Lake,