High Temperature: 83

Low Temperature: 53

Barometric Pressure: 30.01

Relative Humidity 7AM: 85%

9 AM Temperature: 56

Moisture: .23"

Route: South Temperance Lake to Cherokee Lake

South Temperance Lake

Portage 55 rods

North Temperance Lake

Portage 105 rods

Sitka Lake

Portage 140 rods

Snub Lake

Portage (?) rods

Cherokee Lake

I woke at 12:30 a.m., just to roll over, and heard a lone wolf howling. I listened for a couple minutes. Neat.

I wake at 5:00 ready to get up … and catnap till 7:00. My tent was OK, but it is small. It is high enough to sit in but not kneel. Makes it hard to get dressed in the tent. We are on the water by 9:00.

We take our time. Make Cherokee by 1:30 and have a campsite by 2:00. The campsite is in a grove of cedar trees. I’m surprised to see a small sprig of cedar needles placed on the fire grate and weighted down with a rock, left by the previous occupants as a welcome just like a mint on a hotel pillow. I’m surprised because this is the second time this has happened to me. It happened last year in August on Ogish. Same person? A new greeting? Is it wide-spread or something just starting? Interesting.

Cherokee Lake Campsite

Rain showers at 3:20 off and on, sometimes hard. The rain is done by 6:00 p.m.

Jim makes Spanish rice and burger for supper. Good.

In my notes I wrote “loons, beavers, mergansers”. I don’t know what that means. Guess we saw them, though it doesn’t seem terribly noteworthy. We did see more mergansers than usual, all with little ones in tow. We also notice seeing a lot of coots. I hadn’t seen many of them up here in the past.