6-23-07 We wake to another gorgeous day. My knee is very stiff, I hobble around camp and I have trouble bending it, but I think we will try to make it to Tiger bay if not… then we stay where we are. As I load the canoe I see my suspicions were right all that splashing last night was an otter, he left scat all over the landing and apparently he loves crayfish. We reach the 1st portage, I had a little trouble and I think no problem then we reach the portage from the boulder river to LLC and it’s a little steep and I think if I can do this maybe we can make it to Iron lake. It was tough but I made it. Then we decide to stop at Tiger bay for a few days and give my knee a chance to heal. We get one of the sites in Tiger bay, its beautiful all red pines you can walk all through the area. It appears to have been here for a very long time, there are ledges that look to be man made. This site has fantastic view. The bay has a family of eagles and a doe and fawn that visits us a few times a day. I catch a few smallies off the shore. Then in the middle of the night we woke up to a howling wind that scared us to death. I have to go out into the wind to tie the canoe down; it last about an hour then leaves like nothing happened.