I started the day early heading out to fish while the others slept in a bit. I had never been out on the water by myself but greatly enjoyed serenity. We did fish the base of the rapids and managed a few smallies, one of which we decided to keep to supplement breakfast. Mitch and Eric paddled across the lake to filet the bass, while Alex and I got started making breakfast (biscuits/gravy/sausage links). Mitch and never fileted a fish, so I gave some quick verbal instructions. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have the fire started, breakfast cooked AND eaten before they got back with the single fish.

We decided to break camp and head further North. This decision was reinforced as two paddlers stopped by camp to tell us they camped at this site a few nights earlier and had their camp raided by a bear(tent destroyed but fixed well enough to continue). A second group coming by a few minutes later told us they saw a bear swimming South towards our site at Eastern Narrows.

We set out a few minutes later looking to setup camp in the Kawishiwi River area or perhaps the point site on Beaver. Paddling through the Western half of Malberg another gentleman told us the far West site had been raided the night before, and that only a few sites on the Kawishiwi were open.

With that information in hand we paddled on towards Beaver only to find a husband/wife tandem had arrived at the point site 10 minutes before us. Sitting a little depressed, we made the decision to head on into Adams. I had always wanted to stay on Adams since my first trip to the BWCA and this would be the chance. The guys enjoyed the beautiful "stairway to heaven" portage, and that's exactly where we ended up. After paddling across the lake we made it to the island campsite to find it unoccupied...but not for long! This would be our home for the next two nights. We setup camp and cooked brats over the fire.