Day 1 route
Date: 09/05/2007
Our camera was packed away most of the first day... Perhaps that's why we managed to cover almost 9 miles. :)
Driving home
Date: 08/29/2007
I am not amused.
Steve and Carrianne
Date: 08/28/2007
The bum himself
Date: 08/28/2007
Not wanting to leave this wonderful place
Katie
Date: 08/28/2007
Lovely Katie
Steve cooking soup
Date: 08/28/2007
Delicious (with Spam)
Fixing dinner
Date: 08/28/2007
We had a leisurely dinner and tried to finish off the food.
Parent Lake site
Date: 08/28/2007
We felt blessed to have gotten it. Every other site nearby was taken this busy Labor Day weekend.
Zack frying Spam
Date: 08/28/2007
Delicious!
Another swim
Date: 08/28/2007
Our Parent Lake site featured a decent beach. A rare treat in the rocky BWCA.
Coming into camp
Date: 08/28/2007
Zack and Diane rounding the point and coming into camp on windy Parent Lake.
Katie portaging
Date: 08/28/2007
Like a moose!
Disappointment Lake
Date: 08/28/2007
Jitterbug Lake
Date: 08/28/2007
Jordan Lake narrows
Date: 08/28/2007
Jordan Lake Narrows
Date: 08/28/2007
Pictos
Date: 08/28/2007
Pictographs
Date: 08/28/2007
The red smudges.
Jordan Lake pictographs
Date: 08/28/2007
Heading out
Date: 08/28/2007
Leaving our Ima Lake campsite bright and early.
Lola, cashed out
Date: 08/27/2007
She found a pretty comfy spot
The group
Date: 08/27/2007
Ima Lake sunset
Date: 08/27/2007
Minicks in the water
Date: 08/27/2007
Swim
Date: 08/27/2007
Nothing more invigorating than a swim after a long day of paddling and portaging.
Portage
Date: 08/27/2007
Portage
Date: 08/27/2007
Coming back into Ima Lake
Diane portaging!
Date: 08/27/2007
Zack
Date: 08/27/2007
He let Diane try the stern for a bit.
Thomas-Frazer Lake Narrows
Date: 08/27/2007
Lunch
Date: 08/27/2007
Sky blue waters
Date: 08/27/2007
View from campsite where we ate lunch on Thomas Lake
Thomas Lake
Date: 08/27/2007
A neat narrows behind an island in the northeast corner
Thomas Lake
Date: 08/27/2007
My girls
Date: 08/27/2007
We paddled Zack and Diane's canoe for a bit.
Thomas Lake
Date: 08/27/2007
Thomas Lake
Date: 08/27/2007
Paddles
Date: 08/27/2007
Waterfall
Date: 08/27/2007
Steve and Carrianne
Waterfall
Date: 08/27/2007
Zack and Diane
Refueling
Date: 08/27/2007
Quick bite of trail mix and a drink of water
Leaving the portage
Date: 08/27/2007
On the way to Thomas Lake on our day trip
Steve, Lola and Diane
Date: 08/27/2007
Yoga
Date: 08/27/2007
Stretching sore bodies.
Breakfast
Date: 08/27/2007
A leisurely meal with lots of coffee as we weren't moving camp that day.
Another party
Date: 08/27/2007
The closest we came to seeing anyone else all day.
Poochie
Date: 08/27/2007
Diane and Zack
Date: 08/27/2007
Coffee, rock, Zack
Date: 08/27/2007
That morning coffee
Date: 08/27/2007
Simple pleasures
Date: 08/27/2007
View across the lake
Date: 08/27/2007
Pretty much everywhere we went on the trip, we could see the craggy, snow-capped peak of Disappointment Mountain on the horizon.
Day's end
Date: 08/26/2007
Zack's candle lantern made a good lighthouse and a substitute for a campfire.
Far shore
Date: 08/26/2007
I loved the silhouette of the pines against the sunset.
Katie in the sunshine
Date: 08/26/2007
The Minick boys
Date: 08/26/2007
Back in the motherland.
Bon apetit
Date: 08/26/2007
Dinnertime
Date: 08/26/2007
Enjoying the last light of the day as we dined.
Ain't she pretty?
Date: 08/26/2007
Lovely wife
Date: 08/26/2007
So beautiful. Such a good canoeing and camping companion.
Dog, tent
Date: 08/26/2007
Katie and Lola
Date: 08/26/2007
Sharing a moment
Hungry
Date: 08/26/2007
Cooking dinner
Date: 08/26/2007
First night on trail, the ease of dehydrated meals can't be beat.
Watching for squirrels
Date: 08/26/2007
They gave her no rest.
Setting up a stove
Date: 08/26/2007
Zack getting ready for dinner.
Do you like birds? I like birds.
Date: 08/26/2007
Steve
Looking for birds
Date: 08/26/2007
Steve added a few new ones to his life list on the trip.
Admiring the view
Date: 08/26/2007
Pretty flower II
Date: 08/26/2007
Pretty flower
Date: 08/26/2007
Lola helping Zack filter water
Date: 08/26/2007
Such a good helper.
Ever vigilant
Date: 08/26/2007
Lola was in heaven.
Respite and reprieve
Date: 08/26/2007
Katie getting some well-deserved rest.
Site
Date: 08/26/2007
I *need* a good hammock for camping.
Our view
Date: 08/26/2007
What money can't buy.
Camp on Ima Lake
Date: 08/26/2007
The site didn't look like much from the water, but turned out to be pretty nice. At least it had room for all three tents!
Steve and Carrianne
Date: 08/26/2007
Just before heading out
Date: 08/26/2007
The fine folks at Smitty's on Snowbank provided a motorized lift across mighty Snowbank Lake early Thursday morning.
Packing the food pack
Date: 08/25/2007
In our bunkhouse at Voyageur's North
Dinner at the Chocolate Moose in Ely
Date: 08/25/2007
A little bit yuppie, but man you can't beat gourmet food and pitchers of tasty brews.
Zack and Diane checking out Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge
Date: 08/25/2007
Interesting sidenote, that bridge was designed by the same guy that designed the St. Croix River's High Bridge.
On the pier
Date: 08/25/2007
Wishing a big boat would come through.
