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Offline Jason

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Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« on: July 21, 2011, 06:28:06 PM »
Thought I'd share some pictures from our Trip to Voyageurs National Park.

Voyageurs is HUGE! All campsites are accessible only by boat as well as the rest of the park. If you really want to feel what it's like to be in the middle of nowhere with no one for miles, this is the place. We must have put about 100 miles on the boat with no problems at all.

Then we stopped in Ely at Burntside Lake. This Lake is one of my favorites. Very deep (120' at it's deepest) and clear to about 20' down. Lots of small rocky islands and very little boat traffic.












Burntside Lake in Ely

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Offline Jerry

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Re: Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2011, 07:09:25 PM »
I love that area.




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Re: Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2011, 07:17:23 PM »
Great Pctures ..
thanks for sharing, looks like you had a great time .. boat is perfect for the pic's.
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Offline David CVX-16

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Re: Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2011, 08:03:09 PM »
Thanks for sharing the pictures. Times of being awed by the beauty of nature, enjoying basic living, experiencing it with family, and talking about it for years to come.
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Re: Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2011, 08:09:27 PM »
Looks awesome! Any trouble with bears? I wouldnt want to have motor trouble out there!
Did you camp stirckly on islands? Stay in one place for the most part or move daily?
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Re: Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2011, 10:17:04 PM »
We stayed in one place Ross. Boat was a gas hog with all our junk in it. But each day we would navigate in a different direction and head back. Most of the islands have camp sights on them but we took a mainland site as it was in a good location for keeping the wind off the boat. Most of the sites have bear lockers for your food and coolers. Unfortunately we did not see any bears.

The scariest part was the boat breaking down. We are very happy that did not happen!
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Re: Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2011, 10:25:16 PM »
Wow...that's beautiful!
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Re: Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2011, 04:43:35 AM »
Looks awesome up there Jason, thanks for sharing the pics.  So peaceful..........I'm jealous!  ;D
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Re: Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2011, 10:41:14 AM »
Beautiful Jason !
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Re: Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2011, 10:46:46 AM »
Great pics Jason, Thanks for sharing.

Glad to hear no boat problems.

The 172 looks great  :o

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Re: Trip to Voyageurs National Park
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2011, 08:15:03 AM »
Cool, you even have a top. That could come in handy. Looks like the right boat for the job. Looks great!
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