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bobbernumber3

04/19/2020 06:39AM

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missmolly

04/19/2020 07:04AM

Those colors are incredible! Are they real or did you tweak them with software?

I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.

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tumblehome

04/19/2020 07:43AM

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Blatz

04/19/2020 07:45AM

This is a bike by a sign. It was unlocked when I left, and still there unlocked 4 days later when I returned.

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bobbernumber3

04/19/2020 08:07AM

missmolly: "Those colors are incredible! Are they real or did you tweak them with software?"

I had a bad camera setting (enhanced color) on the original. Then I had limited choices when I tweaked it, so this was the best I could do.

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WaveRunner

04/19/2020 08:58AM

WaveRunner

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ducks

04/19/2020 09:02AM

Ride EZ

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missmolly

04/19/2020 09:10AM

bobbernumber3: "
missmolly: "Those colors are incredible! Are they real or did you tweak them with software?"

I had a bad camera setting (enhanced color) on the original. Then I had limited choices when I tweaked it, so this was the best I could do. "

Dang it! I was hoping there was a moment where a mite of the world actually looked like that.

I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.

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Spartan2

04/19/2020 09:48AM

Spartan1 and I don't seem to take our pictures by signs. Having a granddaughter with us seemed to change that.

Portage, Poplar to Swamp, her first portage. 2007

Honeymoon Bluff, 2007

Her first entry into the BWCA, 2008

Seagull Lake, 2017

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TrailZen

04/19/2020 10:51AM

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb

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Ohiopikeman

04/19/2020 11:44AM

Not quite BWCA, but some cool signs we saw along the 4,200 mile trip to Alaska....

And another memorable sign after a really enjoyable trip to Bissett Manitoba with my son and his boy scout troop.

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GopherAdventure

04/19/2020 01:13PM

Blatz: "This is a bike by a sign. It was unlocked when I left, and still there unlocked 4 days later when I returned. "

That’s funny, I dragged my junker bike into the woods and locked it up about 20 feet from that same sign when I did my solo trip starting from Lake One and exiting Snowbank last year. Apparently I didn’t need to do that. Lol.

Tony

Tony

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Blatz

04/19/2020 01:19PM

GopherAdventure: "
Blatz: "This is a bike by a sign. It was unlocked when I left, and still there unlocked 4 days later when I returned.
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That’s funny, I dragged my junker bike into the woods and locked it up about 20 feet from that same sign when I did my solo trip starting from Lake One and exiting Snowbank last year. Apparently I didn’t need to do that."

Lol. Yea that's a decent bike.Redline is a solid brand. Other than some missing bar tape. It seems to be in good shape. That seatbag looks like a Frost River. I would still lock and hide my bike when using it for a shuttle.

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awbrown

04/19/2020 02:00PM

I set a goal of losing 10 lbs. this year. I only have 15 left to lose.

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LittoralZone

04/19/2020 03:05PM

“A republic, madam – if you can keep it.” - Benjamin Franklin

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TrailZen

04/19/2020 05:21PM

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb

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quark2222

04/19/2020 05:28PM

Here are a few:

Here is another. Food was not all that great. I guess the fact they did not know how to spell, "Bar-B-Que" should have been a big clue:

Tomster

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MrBadExample

04/19/2020 05:34PM

October, 2017

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schweady

04/19/2020 06:12PM

"Portage
Ely - Buyck Road
513 rods"
July 1978

"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra

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jhb8426

04/19/2020 08:11PM

I think there's a sign in there somewhere...

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bobbernumber3

04/20/2020 07:11AM

awbrown: "

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I don't see anybody.

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Bearpath9

04/20/2020 07:51AM

On the way to Ten Sleep from Buffalo on 16A (Wyoming) Memorial Weekend 2016.

Respect Mother Nature, because She has no respect for you

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Jackfish

Moderator

04/20/2020 07:55AM

My wife, Debbie, and me after we completed our 50-mile hike on Isle Royale National Park - Rock Harbor to Windigo.

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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BearBurrito

04/20/2020 10:14AM

My daughter's first trip

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning

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JimmyJustice

04/20/2020 11:05AM

It's a sign in more ways than one.

It's steeper than you think.

More than one person has taken the wrong turn here...

Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm" and the warrior whispers back "I am the storm". Unknown.

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ScottL

04/20/2020 12:15PM

Getting close to the river always adds some hop to my step.

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AdamXChicago

04/20/2020 12:52PM

Pickerel Narrows - September 1999

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tonyyarusso

04/20/2020 02:04PM

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cowdoc

04/20/2020 02:57PM

Jackfish: "
My wife, Debbie, and me after we completed our 50-mile hike on Isle Royale National Park - Rock Harbor to Windigo. "

A different Windigo....

"What could happen?"

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LindenTree

04/20/2020 03:14PM

ScottL: "
Getting close to the river always adds some hop to my step."

Lived there for 3 years and was wishing I had a pic of me by that sign.

May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.

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bwcasolo

04/20/2020 03:23PM

Blatz: "This is a bike by a sign. It was unlocked when I left, and still there unlocked 4 days later when I returned. "

maybe it's stolen?

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johndku

04/20/2020 06:04PM

2018 trip

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520eek

04/20/2020 09:04PM

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it!

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airmorse

04/20/2020 09:26PM

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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billconner

04/21/2020 05:59AM

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bobbernumber3

04/21/2020 07:27AM

billconner: " "

Classic snow/canoe pic!

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Castaway

04/21/2020 09:02AM

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sedges

04/21/2020 10:04AM

1970 Voyageur's highway trip from Gull Lake to Lake Superior. I don't know if the sign on the Height of Land Portage is still maintained. I seem to remember it there in 1979 when we repeated this trip.

This was a Scout trip with eleven members (there was no maximum group size back then). The adult of the trip was my father and we crossed the portage on Father's Day. I gave him a clay pipe and small pouch of tobacco.

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MN_Lindsey

04/21/2020 06:41PM

Superior Hiking Trail, as I consulted the map for elevation on Sawmill Dome and then on to Section 13, Fall 2019

Hiking with my CCS Rucksack! Not gonna lie, it was a beast to carry for 60 miles, and I've now switched to a Deuter (frame) pack, but it matched my outfit fantastically and I'm always happy to support a local company!

“The Wilderness holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask.” - Nancy Newhall

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rtallent

04/22/2020 12:17PM

Good location in Arkansas for social distancing. Don't know to what degree they are closed, now (part of Ozark National Forest)

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MHS67

04/27/2020 10:15PM

On our way to North Caribou Lake, Canada.

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shock

04/28/2020 04:31PM

seagull landing

keep your line wet, good things will happen

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TrailZen

04/28/2020 05:29PM

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb

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jcavenagh

04/29/2020 10:52AM

LNT - The road to success is always under construction. http://hikingillinois.blogspot.com/

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Mo63021

04/29/2020 12:08PM

Next Generation on their 3rd trip already in 2008

Lake voyage in a canoe is always better when shared with others, either during or after the trip

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jwartman59

05/05/2020 12:54AM

Closest mountains to Minnesota. Nice place, bugs are eating the forest though

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jwartman59

05/05/2020 01:06AM

This was a lot of work. Late March, 4 feet of snow. 2-3 miles. The forest service had this sign for Demo. We saved it.

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LindenTree

05/05/2020 09:34AM

jwartman59: "

Closest mountains to Minnesota. Nice place, bugs are eating the forest though"

Love the Big Horns.

May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.

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Big Tent

05/05/2020 09:39AM

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bobbernumber3

05/05/2020 01:08PM

Big Tent: " "

Yes! Support your Outfitter!!

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Grandma L

05/06/2020 11:17AM

My best friend - Sandy - 1984

Portage marker between Rove and Rose

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FishGeek01

05/06/2020 11:57AM

tonyyarusso: " "

you brought your own wolf? that is so cool

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mooseplums

05/06/2020 03:40PM

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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DougD

05/06/2020 08:41PM

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Grandma L

05/06/2020 10:11PM

BeaV and Kendra finishing the Border Route record setting event.

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LindenTree

05/08/2020 06:33PM

May the rivers be crooked and winding, and your portages lonesome, leading to the most amazing view.

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rtallent

05/09/2020 11:56AM

Linden, You look kinda like the actor, Tim Robbins (that is a compliment)...

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TomT

05/10/2020 06:50AM

I never realized how many I have of that web camera on Sheridan St. in Ely. It was a tradition for awhile. I'd call my wife back home and she would save a few screenshots from when it refreshed every minute or so. It's weird just standing there for a few minutes. LOL

The pic by the tire sign is my gear when my car broke down on the way up from Chicago. This was a small town in Wisconsin where I was towed not far from Black River Falls. The mechanic was fair and replaced the radiator. I picked up the car after my 10 day trip. My nephew bailed me out and drove down from Superior to pick me up and then return me to the car. This was 2006.

"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw

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tonyyarusso

05/11/2020 07:28AM

FishGeek01: "
tonyyarusso: " "

you brought your own wolf? that is so cool
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They're a lot more friendly and cuddly than that, but sure. :P (It's an Alaskan Malamute, and I actually have two of them now.) Sure beats hauling your own sled though!

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