Saturday, May 30, 2020 I was awake by 4:30 MN time and the moon made it very light out! Breakfast was a big cold meat sandwich and water. The canoe was loaded and I shoved off at 5:30 into Sawbill for the long paddle straight north. Guess what, no calm lake, winds were from the north at what I'm guessing was 10-12 MPH with stronger gusts. It took a while to get used to Prism and I was glad it was loaded down for stability. By the time I paddled close to the portage towards Cherokee Lake, I thought the winds could be just as bad or even worse in Cherokee. The decision was made to use the 2 Star campsite #915 just east of the portage and just relax for the day, after all this was supposed to be a relaxing trip! I set up camp and used my hammock for the first time! Cooking is not my specialty (eating is), but I rehydrated some sloppy joe and made some homemade buns with self rising flour. It turned out pretty good.........for me.

Canoes seem to come and go to the Ada lake portage in the afternoon which made me wonder how much luck I will have finding a spot on Cherokee. Using the TGO method of fishing from shore did have a little success with walleyes which would be my breakfast in the morning. I crashed into the tent about dark, tired from the lack of sleep the last 2 nights.