Monday, June 18, 2007 Got up in the middle of the night and went outside. I could see the stars so I though we could leave Portage and get to Knife for a few days. Back to bed for a couple of hours then back up. Woke up Jr and we had a breakfast of oatmeal and coco, We broke camp and headed for Knife. The weather was good with the sun coming up and winds were calm (good paddling weather). Got to Knife and started to look for an unoccupied campsite. It was early so we had to pass several campsites. We got to the first campsite at the fork to South Knife and the campsite was occupied, This is one of the campsites that John at VNO had marked on the map as a good campsite. The people said they were breaking camp and we could have it when we left. We asked if we could pull over out the way and wait for them to break camp and they said yes. We pulled off next to the rocks staying out of their way while they broke camp. I would have asked if they wanted help but thought they might take the offer the wrong way. By this time the wind had started to pick up. Once they were clear of the camp and launched their canoes we started to set up camp. This is a real nice campsite. We were able to pitch the tent right on the point, behind some small bushes and trees. We had no sooner pitched the tent when it started to rain so into the tent we went. The wind was coming out of the west and we found out later that they had measured wind gusts of up to 50mph on Moose. It was a good thing we pitched where we did, since those brushes and trees acted as wind break. We had hoped to take a day trip to Bonnie and possibly Spoon for some fishing but with the wind gusting the way it was we stayed off the water. Later the rain stopped and we were able to get out of then for some air. Ate dinner and just sat around talking since we could not get out on the water. No campfire due to the wind.