Tuesday, September 06, 2016 As with the previous evening heavy rains started in the middle of the night. This time we were more exposed up on the rock area. As dawn approached the rain let up so our canoe paddled out to our pike area where we were met by one very large angry beaver.It reminded me of the Duluth TV ad beaver. The beaver swam closer and closer to our boat and slapped his tail over 20 times. We managed to catch and release some pike but not like last night due to our beaver friend. Our other partners came through once again as hot oatmeal awaited us on our return to camp. Since we had a long trek today we broke camp and headed out towards the South Arm of Knife. We single portage to save time so Fish, Gift, and Link Lakes were just a blur in time. Going through Hanson found us at the portage to Knife. This was very tricky starting out with a backpack and canoe on our shoulders as we aren't 18 years old anymore. LOL. There was a mandatory pause at the falls before finding our best landing of this trip in Knife. Campsite 1432 was next on our agenda. It was a pleasant paddle and we arrived to find the site open. It was just as good as others described so we decided to make this our layover site. Camp was set up so we pursed the lakers. Only one co-operated on Brian's pole. After dark it was noticed how well the glow in the dark strings worked on the used tarp I bought. It was beautiful and clear night so the star and satelitte show was spectacular! The adult beverages weren't so bad themselves although supplies were starting to dwindle. Most of thought there was a reserve of scotch in the bottom of our packs.