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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

The beach at the east end of Gunflint Lake (after the paddle from hell)

Calmer waters on Little Gunflint Lake

Laura's reaction to the paddle on Gunflint

Ready for our first portage!

Paddling through Little Gunflint and Little North Lakes

Views from paddling on North Lake

Time to lie down haha

Views from our first campsite on North Lake

Heading out to do some fishing!

He stayed up there for approximately 3 seconds haha

Portaging from North to South Lake

Packing the canoes back up at South Lake

First look at South Lake

Ready to jump back in the canoe!

Slaying the smallies trolling on South Lake

Views from the canoe paddling on South Lake

Trolling on South Lake

Action shot

South Lake

Joe's first fish

Ashley's first fish

A shot of the cliffs on Rose Lake

More views from the canoe

Getting closer to our campsite on Rose Lake

Jeremy and Bear getting comfy at our campsite on Rose Lake

Views from the top of our campsite at Rose Lake

Our tent setup at Rose Lake

Jeremy, Laura, and Bear relaxing at camp

Improvising on hanging the bear bag at Rose Lake...

Reading and "hanging" out at camp

More views from camp at Rose Lake

Sun setting over Rose Lake

Breakfast time!

More views of Rose Lake from the canoe

Paddling toward our hike

Family pictures at the waterfall off of Rose Lake

The Schmitts!

Jeremy and Bear overlooking Rose Lake

Up on the cliffs over Rose Lake

More views from the cliffs over Rose Lake

More views from the cliffs over Rose Lake

More views from the cliffs over Rose Lake

Lost again (classic)

Hiking Caribou Rock Trail

Trail selfie!

First views of Duncan Lake

From the shore of Duncan Lake

Duncan Lake overlook

More views from the trail - thick vegetation is an understatement

Still hiking!

Neat mushrooms along the trail

Another cool mushroom

Another view from the Caribou Rock Trail

The Stairway Portage - part of our trail, luckily we did not have to portage this!

Another shot of the cliffs over Rose Lake

Portaging back onto South Lake

A different view of our portage

This is not an REI ad (lol)

Our camp at South Lake

Casting from the shore of our campsite on South Lake

Sunset over South Lake

Sun coming up over South Lake on Sunday morning

Another view of the sunrise

Joe the master fisherman

Slaying the smallies again on South Lake Sunday morning

Simon family's biggest catch of the weekend

Getting ready to head out from camp at South Lake

The girls (and Bear)

Bad picture, good times

Family pic! Laura, Bear, & Jeremy

Back to North Lake

Canada!

Group selfie on the beach of North Lake!

The canoes on North Lake

Paddling back through Little North & Little Gunflint

Marshy area on Little Gunflint

White Lotus Flowers and Lily Pads on Little Gunflint

Our last campsite of the trip, on Gunflint Lake

Cooking dinner

Our guard dog

Hanging out at camp on our last night

Views from our campsite on Gunflint Lake

Us and our "god-dog"

Family picture!

First look at the sunrise Monday morning over Gunflint Lake

More pictures of the sunrise

More pictures of the sunrise

More pictures of the sunrise

More pictures of the sunrise

Paddling through the fog at sunrise

One last look back

Last picture of the trip - sad to be heading back to shore!

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