Rk and Me to Knife lake, june 10, 2013

We covered 16 miles and 6 portages on our first day.  We were greeted by a yearling cub as soon as we set our packs down in what was supposed to be our campsite for the first night.  It was late and the bear wouldn't scare away so we cooked supper, packed up and headed for another camp 2 miles away.  This was a big day but RK is a strong paddler and we didn't feel too bad.  Our new camp was next to an Indian quarry that we never had a chance to inspect.  We made camp and talked about going to Canada some year.  Maybe next year.  We paddled to one of my  favorite fishing spots and soon had a couple big bass.  We enjoyed them in fish tacos that night.  It was a beautiful sunset with a crescent moon high in the sky.  We also had loons in the  bay in front of camp.  Breakfast the next morning was cinnamon tortilla pastries.  Best breakfast in the north woods.  We fished close to camp that day and were rewarded with and nice bass and a twenty two inch Walleye that RK hauled in.  We had them for supper and enjoyed another great sunset.  A cool dusk was welcome after such a hot day.  We had another hot day of  fishing and were again relieved when the cool of evening arrived.  On our last day we paddled to Dorothy's Island, hiked around and headed to Birch Lake ending the trip.