Monday, August 07, 2006 After a getting up and moving by 7 (this hour change is awesome), we put together breakfast and were on the water by 9:00. Not early by an standards, but better than the day before. We paddled down Littler Vermillion and over the 80 rod portage to loon lake. There is a shuttle here to take motor boats over. That being said I don't think it gets used very often. The fellah who was running that should be made a saint. He was leaving that day so he agreed to sell us some coffee. Brian had taken out our instant coffee at the put in and switched it with a French press and starbucks coffee. Now I am not a coffee snob, but I due think starbucks coffee is way overrated. That was not the reason we were having issues. All 4 of us were pretty heavy coffee drinkers. I need 2 cups just to get everything started. The pit toilets were great but without some high test well.... He brought Decaf... I do not even understand why they make that stuff. Joel was already asking for Advil. The portage was not bad and we were in Loon lake pretty quickly. We chose to camp that night over in East Loon Bay hoping to not see any motors. It was a good plan. We found a pretty point right before going into little loon. We got here around 3-4 o'clock. We were planning on day tripping from here so we stopped and looked at all the sites on the way. This was our favorite. The tents were out and the hammocks were up. Dinner was made and the night was spent staring at the full moon. >