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Photos tagged BWCA

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  • Portaging the alumibarge
  • Paddling through another bog
  • Oatmeal and fresh picked wild blueberries
  • Morning sun and fog on Kivaniva
  • The view from our campsite on Kivaniva
  • Kivaniva
  • Kivaniva Campsite
  • Waking up from a nap
  • Swimming in Lake Kivaniva
  • Waitin out the downpour on Kivaniva Lake
  • Eating lunch and weighing our options on Kivaniva
  • Rocks
  • A pretty, reflective pool
  • Paddlin
  • Group Pic
  • Josh climbs the boulder
  • A huge boulder and stream next to one of our portages
  • Another day of travel
  • Waiting for the rain to pass through
  • A quick downpour
  • Post-portage gorp break... 10 minutes before a downpour
  • Tryin to get to that GORP
  • This squirrel knew about the nuts inside Cal's fanny pack
  • Cookin up some bacon
  • Glass Lake
  • Sunset on Lake Polly
  • There's no way a bear will be able to reach these food packs. No way at all.
  • Spades
  • The shitter
  • Campsite on Lake Polly
  • Tying up the bear line
  • Running bear rope
  • The squirrels on the island we camped at on Lake Polly had no problem hangin out
  • Swimming in Lake Polly
  • Lunch at our campsite on Lake Polly
  • Will and Josh bringing firewood into our island on Lake Polly
  • Dippin water bottles for fresh lake water
  • Portage bugs
  • Hot
  • A crazy knot
  • Haven't quite figured out the full brim selfie
  • Lilly pads, rocks, and burnt trees
  • Damn beavers
  • Beaver Dam
  • Checkin the map
  • Portaging
  • Portaging canoes
  • Paddling through a bog
  • Turtle on Kawishiwi Lake
  • About to enter the boundary waters
  • Kawishiwi Lake
  • Spades
  • Flingin dog turds out the campsite
  • Set up at the public campground camp outside the BWCA
  • The last running water we'd see for a week
  • Havin some Pizza and Beer while we still can
  • Headin down the trail
  • We'd heard that "tennis sized ball hail" was about to roll in.
  • This is how you care for your pup when you live in the country and go in vacation.
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  • "If we can't fit it in this truck, it won't fit in our canoes"
  • Ready for a week in the wilderness.
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  • Entering civilization via the Windigo Lodge
  • Lizz Lake
  • Paddling around Horseshoe Lake
  • Glass water in the morning
  • Frying up some fish
  • Sunset over Gaskin Lake
  • Sunset over Gaskin Lake
  • Sunset over Gaskin Lake
  • Filleting up some fish.
  • Josh's Pike
  • Gaskin Lake reflections
  • Gaskin Lake Reflections
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  • Paddling around Gaskin Lake
  • 2 foot northern
  • Josh pulling in a Northern
  • Putzin around the lake in the solo canoe
  • Chilling around camp
  • Gunnel Pumping
  • Climbing back into the canoe
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