sawbill-temperance-burnt loop-who let the dogs out
by wkdoit
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
08/02/2008
Entry & Exit Point:
Sawbill Lake (EP 38)
Number of Days:
6
Group Size:
3
Day 2 of 6
Sunday, August 03, 2008
We put in around 9 am. We should have left earlier. The portages to Cherokee were packed with people. The crew ahead of us were Boy Scouts with 5 canoes and about 12 people. It made me think. If you are a bs leader shouldn't you show the young guys how to follow the rules ,not break them? Well first they made me think,then they made me laugh, and before they made me cry we managed to pass them. Their shenanigans on the portages provided many laughs for us the rest of the trip. We also had another group pass us and manuevered around at least 4 groups heading out to sawbill. Just an unreal amount of people for a wilderness trip.
We got to Cherokee, set up camp, ate some snacks and kicked back for awhile. Jack was feeling sick with a sore throat. Nick commented that the portages were a little more than he expected. He did great humping his gear and the prism, single portaging several times. Jack too. He was starting to get a bad cold and hung in there tough, also doing singles. We went fishing. Jack caught a couple northerns, which are always fun, Cherokee is a lake trout lake mostly. I don’t think it has real good fishing in August.
We ate rigatoni with my wife Nina’s homemade spaghetti sauce. The guys loved it. We made a fire, played some spades and crashed. Great first day if not for so many OTHER PEOPLE.
We put in around 9 am. We should have left earlier. The portages to Cherokee were packed with people. The crew ahead of us were Boy Scouts with 5 canoes and about 12 people. It made me think. If you are a bs leader shouldn't you show the young guys how to follow the rules ,not break them? Well first they made me think,then they made me laugh, and before they made me cry we managed to pass them. Their shenanigans on the portages provided many laughs for us the rest of the trip. We also had another group pass us and manuevered around at least 4 groups heading out to sawbill. Just an unreal amount of people for a wilderness trip.
We got to Cherokee, set up camp, ate some snacks and kicked back for awhile. Jack was feeling sick with a sore throat. Nick commented that the portages were a little more than he expected. He did great humping his gear and the prism, single portaging several times. Jack too. He was starting to get a bad cold and hung in there tough, also doing singles. We went fishing. Jack caught a couple northerns, which are always fun, Cherokee is a lake trout lake mostly. I don’t think it has real good fishing in August.
We ate rigatoni with my wife Nina’s homemade spaghetti sauce. The guys loved it. We made a fire, played some spades and crashed. Great first day if not for so many OTHER PEOPLE.
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