At the end of July, Mom and I went on a 3 day paddling trip in the Boundary Waters.....with Arlo. Arlo had only been in a canoe twice, so this was going to be a bit of a test and training for him! He actually did VERY well, unless the flies were biting him....or a big fish jumped right in front of the canoe. He also really wanted to chase a few dragonflies- so he needed a few reminders. But, overall, I was pretty impressed with how he did. He was able to swim at every portage, and I think he had a great time! We started out at Poplar lake, portaging to Liz Lake, and then to Horseshoe. We found a really nice campsite there, were we set up a base camp. We then checked out a couple more lakes that day before retiring for the evening. Day 2 was our big day! We checked out Winchill, which was a bit colder, but had great swimming. We continued our cribbage tournament, which we never were able to finish. Let the record show, that for our tournament, we were tied for games and were working on a tie breaker. Mom had 60 some points and I had 83....I would have won that game. Hmm...since we quit there, I guess technically I DID WIN!!
Day 2 continued with a lot of portages and a different route back- through Jump lake, Allen and a few others. I guess I would have to look at a map again to remember where we all went. We were both really tired by the time we got back to camp. Day 3 had us packing up and trying to get out before the rainstorm hit. We got wet, but paddled ahead of the lightning, and it was nice and sunny again by the time we got back to Poplar Lake. Seeing as our water filter had taken a dive and wasn't giving us much at all, we stopped right away at Trail Center and got some water and cold pop right away.
This is Arlo on Day 3. He was pretty tired by the time we got back- with all the swimming, and chasing squirrels from camp. He slept pretty good on the way home!
We visited some beautiful spots, and the bugs weren't bad at all on this trip. We had a great time!
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