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Friday, August 12, 2011

Camping up the Gunflint Day 5

We spent our last day hanging out at Junco.  Darren was fly fishing and Sam and I were reading.  He caught quite a few small trout.  We explored a couple of other lakes in the area and watched more canoers heading into the Boundary Waters.  Then we headed back to camp to enjoy the lake for the rest of the day. 

Darren and I went fishing.  Sam stayed back at camp to finish his book.  He was fished out at that point and well into Angels and Demons and didn't want to come with.  We caught a stringer full of small Walleye, but released them.   One last campfire before leaving in the morning. 








 Never noticed this little plaque before. 










 Looking for pirates. 





New bathrooms this year!



Thursday, August 11, 2011

Camping Up the Gunflint Part 4

A relaxing day at camp. 

I was the first one up.  I never get tired of this view!  And when the lake is like glass, I just stare for hours. 


All the way across the lake was an early morning visitor.  I watched the deer for a long time.  Wish I would have had a better camera.  

















Time for a campfire and to watch the bats skim the lake.  They came out every night at almost exactly the same time.  Too bad they didn't put much of a dent in the biting flies!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Camping up the Gunflint Part 3




We like to get off the beaten path, but we got WAY off this time.  We followed a little road down to a canoe launch and had a hatchback picnic of crackers and smoked fish from Dockside in Grand Marais.  The dragonflies were amazing.  Thousands of them and all sizes and colors.  Really amazing.

  




 Then we headed to McFarland Lake because Grandma Betty had told me that she and Grandpa Hank had camped there.  Well, Betty and Hank were bad to the bone because this was a bare bones campground.  Only about 3 sites, not on the water.  The lake was beautiful and there were lots of canoe groups heading into the Boundary Waters.  And some amazing cabins.   









After visiting McFarland, we ended up taking a Darren shortcut down a logging road.  It slowly, but surely because a two rut road.  When the grass was growing almost completely over the road we turned around.

Back at camp for supper and while the apple cake was baking in the Dutch oven, we headed out to fish. 

This video is the quick boat trip out to the BassHole. 





 Darren lining up for the catch!

 I caught the first Walleye.  A small Walleye, but a Walleye nonetheless.  It went back to grow a little more. 

 I like the smiles in Sam's silhouette. 




Apple cake.  Very ashy apple cake, but "just the way I like it" is the rule of the camp or you cook next time.