Saturday, August 05, 2023 Got a leisurely start today...hot coffee and blueberry pancakes, on the water around 9. There were swans in the mist when we got up, and we paddled by them as we headed downriver. Portaged through into Beaver Lake, and ran into a group of 2, a Boy Scout Troop, and a solo......wait, that soloist is Kevin, from my community garden! So cool to run into a friend. We ate lunch together and he told us about his trip so far...his first solo. Then we parted ways- Kevin headed to Makwa and us down the gorgeous cliff lined portage to Adams.

Beaver was a lovely lake, with so many tall red and white pines, but I'm glad we kept going. Took the campsite down the east arm of Adams, small but very private. Lots of well chewed moose bones lying around, and a tiny cone of fossilized poo at the bottom of the latrine with no TP left. Not sure anyone else has camped here this year.

Started the solar shower heating, and Jesse renovated a trail that leads along the shore to a cedar grove and then up a cliff. We're halfway through the trip now, so this is our second layover point.

~Kawishiwi River, Beaver Lake, Adams Lake