Boundary Waters Trip - August 2nd through August 7th, 2005

Click HERE for a highlight video of the trip.

Long canoe trek and some insane portages (or what we thought were supposed to be portages) into the lake, but WELL worth the blood and sweat.

Here are some pics:


OUR ENTRY POINT - #9.


BALD EAGLE IN FLIGHT.


THE EAGLE LANDED AND I WAS ABLE TO SNAP A PIC.


A LILY ON THE LITTLE SIOUX.


OUR FIRST PORTAGE, THIS ONE WAS FOR A SMALL WATERFALL.


START OF THE FIRST DAY IN CAMP.


TOP OF THE MORNING


AT OUR SECOND CAMPSITE THE SECOND DAY.


CANOEING THROUGH THE THICK GRASS... LOOKS LIKE I COULD USE A SHAVE...


MY INITIATION FOR BEING A FIRST TIMER.


I WAS PRETTY HAPPY THAT MYSELF AND ANOTHER BUDDY OF MINE HAMMERED THE LARGEMOUTH ONE AFTERNOON. WE CAUGHT 13 IN ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AND KEPT THE BIGGER ONES. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE WAS ONE OF THEM THAT I CAUGHT - MEASURING JUST UNDER 19 INCHES - IT PUT UP A GREAT FIGHT... IT WAS THE ONLY SMALLMOUTH WE CAUGHT, BUT IT WAS A WHOPPER!


HERE I AM SMOKING THE PEACE PIPE AFTER ANOTHER AWESOME DAY.


MAKING THE TRIP BACK HOME THROUGH DUSK AND INTO DARKNESS.


ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SUN GOING DOWN ON THE DAY AND OUR TIME UP IN THE BUSH.

OVEREXPOSURE AND MESSING WITH THE SHUTTER SPEED RESULTED IN THIS AWESOME PIC.


SAME TECHNIQUE, A FLASHLIGHT WAS USED TO WRITE WORDS AND SYMBOLS... PRETTY SWEET...

I highly recommend anyone who hasn't been up to the boundary waters to make the trip. I had an amazing time!