Monday, August 15, 2011. We woke up a little hungover. It quickly disappeared upon gazing at the beautiful sunrise and the anticipation to get to the falls. We packed up only the essential gear for a day trip, and headed to the falls. We had to portage to a small lake to get to the Johnson falls portage. The mosquitoes were insane. I had heard stories of the mosquitoes up here, but dealing with them firsthand was ridiculous. Bug spray didn't seem to repel them at all, i actually think they like it. We finally got to the Johnson Falls portage and ditched the canoes off to the side, hoping no one will tamper with them(no one did). I am an avid backpacker who doesn't mind carrying a full pack for miles at a time, but i couldn't fathom the thought of transporting a canoe on this trail. It was long, steep, and rocky, and full of switchbacks. Good thing it was just a day trip. Once we got to the falls, WOW!!! There were the lower falls and the upper falls. Both were incredible! After spending a couple of hours at the falls, we decided it was time to head back. It's a good thing we came when we did, because upon our exit, we crossed path's with about 15 people heading to the falls. We had the falls all to ourselves. We finally got back to "the point" and nursed all of our bug bites. Geoffrey had a rather large cut on his back obtained from climbing into the waterfall. Got him cleaned up and set up shop to fish from shore. Didn't catch anything but we didn't really care, we were on vacation. Made dinner, and went to bed.