We tried to wake up at 5:45 but did not get moving till 6:15ish. We made oatmeal and coffee for breakfast and broke down camp. We missed the 7am goal for hitting the water but were on the move by 7:30. In hindsight we think we left our two wooden spoons at the campsite even after doing a good LNT sweep of camp. The morning was beautiful. There was no wind at all when we left. We stopped at the end of malberg and took a pic at the big rock and foraged for blueberries. Or goal was to fill a small container to bring back for the girls to eat. On the south end of the 127 rod portages we saw fresh moose tracks. We saw a group of two guys and 2 boys heading to Alice on the same portage. The spent The night on The island on Polly. The wind picked up a bit by the time We got on Polly it was 5- 10mph from the south. Nikki was not happy since I told her on the way in we would have the wind on our backs on the way home. We saw a canoe or two on Polly and some sites taken but not really busy. On the portage we meet a group of an older guy wife and two gals in high teans to 20s and son in low 20s. They were going to Polly for a few days and had way too much gear. The boy had to carry both canoes and all people but the mom had to double portage. There packs were very large and maxed out. We picked blueberries and raspberries on the 95 rod portage for about 30 min since they were so bountiful. we met a group of 6 on Townline. The 189 rod portages almost killed us this time. It seemed much harder than the day we went in. We both pushed through and made it. We ate a quick peanut butter tortilla and trails mix and continued on. We caught a group of 3 on kawaschong and the let us pass them at the beaver dam on the river. In the river we meet a group of three canoes the had two young boys and a young girl the kids ran up the big rock. We met another two groups in the channel after a bit as well. By the time We got on kawishiwi the wind was 10mph and gusts at15mph from the south. We we excited to see the landing after fighting the wind. We talked to a group who planned on just staying in the lake. They had a cooler full off beer, large camera equipment, a dog, lawn chairs, etc. We loaded up stopped at sawbill to check it out and stopped at sawtooth to support them since we did not rent gear just picked up the permit. We showered at gooseberry and at a very good burger and mn beer at the Taphouse in Duluth. We stopped at Tobbies in Hinkley like usual to pick up some breakfast treats for us and the girls. The new rolls were just coming out of the ovens so we waited an extra 5min to get some supper fresh ones. We stopped at my mom's to pick up a few things the girls forgot and headed to the farm. By the time We got there the girls were sleeping so we went to bed and decided to deal with our mess in the morning. We had such a great trip and look forward to returning next year and maybe even this winter for a spearing and icefishing trip.

Gear: Wee-no-nah Senca 3 person, granite gear superior one pack with a bear barrel inside of it, portable depth finder with custom transducers canoe attachment (thanks Dean), a SPOT (Dean, brought my phone as my camera this year (worked great I will do this again) I could electronically journal each night and it worked really nice to copy and past into here to make a trip report, a mini power pack to recharge my phone or run the depth finder if needed, everything else was fairly standard light weight to allow us to single portage everything. I love my REI quarter dome 3+ (wedding present) kept us completely dry once again. It has been in some serious rain storms and holds up great.