Woke to a beautiful morning but it warmed up quickly. We had 4 portages to get us to Cherokee Lake. We went through Ada Creek, Ada Lake, Skoop Lake and then the Cherokee Creek before we got to Cherokee Lake. By the time we finished the second portage, temps were in the mid 80's. After the crossing Ada Creek, my son realized that he had left his glasses at the last portage. luckily, we hadn't started the the next portage before realizing his loss. A quick trip back across the creek and we were on our way again.

The last two portages took their toll. The 110 rod portage between Ada & Skoop was a muddy rock field and the 160 rod portage from Skoop to Cherokee had you going uphill twice. We double portaged the whole route. These four portages would not have been to bad if they were sperad out acroos a further distance.

By the time we hit Cherokee, we were hearing thunder and ahd a smattering of rain drops. Part way into the lake a good front was moving in. We pulled up on a point based campsite and waited out a pretty fierce but short t-storm. It was quite the experience to watch it roll in develop, let loose and move on.

Found a nice site just east of the Sitka Lake portage. It had a great western view and some nice pads for setting up tents The boys helped w/set-up and went fishing w/no luck. Had B-Dub pizza for dinner (the kids loved it) and watched the sun set while drinking bourbonade.