Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Quetico Canoe Trip: Aug. 5 - Aug. 14


Day 1: This is the whole group just before setting out on our 10 day journey in the wilderness of Quetico Park in Canada.











Day 2: Blueberries!!! Just as the rain clouds were coming we landed on Blueberry Island, unloaded the canoes, and huddled under the tarp. There were tons of blueberries and they were delicious. It was a blueberry filled birthday for me :)








Day 3: This is what lunch times generally looked like: bags, twisties, shaker bottles, and a food fest. We survived til dinner ongorp, velveeta, beef jerkey, crackers, dried fruit, PB&J and Ritz, Bakers chocolate, and hard candies. Yum yum.








Day 4: Morning fog over the lake by the campsite.











Day 5: Had to push the canoe over a small beaver dam.











Day 6: Paddling through a stretch of water lilies. Beautiful.











Day 7: Took a day trip to check out some of the waterfalls.














Day 8: Pretty chill day of paddling. We found our campsite early in the day. Our canoes were flipped over once we got into our campsite for lunch.











Day 9: A beautiful sunset to end a challenging day. We finished our last portage of the trip, checked-in at the ranger's station before leaving Canada, paddled through some rain and rocky waters, then crashed once we set up camp in the U.S.









Day 10: A sunny last day of paddling in the Boundary Waters.












We made it!!