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KarlBAndersen1

01/07/2022 09:04AM

I just had this idea while watching a download take place on one of my pcs -
What does everyone have on their desk top for a photo?
Are yours canoe related?
(It might also make a good "Topic of the Month")
It might give us all something to look at and think warm thoughts.
This is mine - I think this was on Caribou:

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papalambeau

01/07/2022 09:36AM

Love the cedar strip! I sold mine a few years ago and still miss it but love paddling the Northstar.

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TuscaroraBorealis

01/07/2022 09:52AM

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pamonster

01/07/2022 09:56AM

What can I say, the kid loves trees

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PineKnot

01/07/2022 10:55AM

Photo from July 2009 on North Bay after a great evening of topwater fishing for smallmouth.....

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are -- Teddy Roosevelt

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smoke11

01/07/2022 11:01AM

This is my current one.

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PeaceFrog

01/07/2022 11:08AM

Not On my computer desk top but certainly on my "desk top". My kids are a bit older but some favorites non the less.

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JWilder

01/07/2022 11:16AM

Certainly not canoe country. But I share it because it is my current desk top photo of outdoor habitat and well, it is my “Listening Point”.

JW

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TrailZen

01/07/2022 11:34AM

My desktop photo is from Quetico's Sarah Lake:

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

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cyclones30

01/07/2022 12:40PM

One computer is a drone picture I took of the Miss River around here this summer. The other computer has my german shorthair on point

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Spartan2

01/07/2022 01:04PM

Fire Lake (I think it is time for a change. I have this on my profile and also my computer and my iPad. Need to look around my files for something else, maybe. But I have always liked it. It sort of makes me feel like I am back there.)

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A1t2o

01/07/2022 01:14PM

Taken in May of 2020 on Saganaga

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lindylair

01/07/2022 01:24PM

I seem to change mine every couple months or so. This is from Banning State Park in central MN and one of my favorite spots in MN

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sedges

01/07/2022 01:38PM

Not canoe related, but the Tugaloo River is in the background. One of my favorite birds. It has been my desktop for almost a year. Time to find a new one!

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BonzSF

01/07/2022 02:30PM

I had this one for a while. Sunrise on Birch

Then I changed to Yosemite Nevada Falls

I'll probably switch back to a BWCA photo from last trip as we get closer to the next trip's departure day. 223 days to go!

"Illegitimi non carborundum"

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TomT

01/07/2022 02:37PM

Luna with her first frisbee

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

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EddyTurn

01/07/2022 02:37PM

Temagami, Wolf lake

"A man's got to know his limitations."

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Stichy64

01/07/2022 05:41PM

This is mine. It was the first time to the BW for both boys. Good memories!

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Lightfoot

01/07/2022 06:11PM

Have this one on this computer.

Getting ready to load-up on John Lake.

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dogwoodgirl

01/07/2022 06:15PM

Miss Amelia and my boots, on the SHT.

~On to Fort Chipewyan before the snow flies!

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beanpole

01/07/2022 06:19PM

My home computer has my childhood dream come true (I got to be Han Solo with my own Wookiee).

My work computer has a photo from a campsite on our first Boundary Waters trip.

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Minnesotian

01/07/2022 06:26PM

Taken in September 2021 on my month solo trip west. This is from my tent overlooking Death Canyon from the Death Canyon Shelf in Grand Teton National Park.

"It is more important to live for the possibilities that lie ahead than to die in despair over what has been lost." -Barry Lopez

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MHS67

01/07/2022 06:31PM

I took this because of the reflection of Rock Mountain off the lake. Taken in the spring on the ranch.

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lindylair

01/07/2022 06:58PM

Slightly OT...

Sedges, what kind of bird is that? Looks similar to a Cedar Waxwing but not quite the same. One of my favorite birds too and I have some nice shots I have used for my desktop off and on.

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Ohiopikeman

01/07/2022 07:41PM

Picture from Alaska's Innoko River June 2018. All four of us were simultaneously battling our own northern pike. You can see our Ally Pack Canoes that served us well for the trip.

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sedges

01/07/2022 08:38PM

lindylair: "Slightly OT...

Sedges, what kind of bird is that? Looks similar to a Cedar Waxwing but not quite the same. One of my favorite birds too and I have some nice shots I have used for my desktop off and on. "

That is a Cedar Waxwing. We get some big flocks wintering in north GA. They are also very rare residents.

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Tony

01/07/2022 08:53PM

These are the two that I have on my phone they're from 2018 so I should probably update them with new screensavers.

Tony

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Banksiana

01/07/2022 09:04PM

Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody’s going to die.

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TomT

01/07/2022 10:03PM

Banksiana: " "

Looks smokey. Is it from this past summer?

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

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Speckled

01/07/2022 10:24PM

Spartan2: "Fire Lake (I think it is time for a change. I have this on my profile and also my computer and my iPad. Need to look around my files for something else, maybe. But I have always liked it. It sort of makes me feel like I am back there.)

"

I almost thought - that was one of my pics. I've got a few that are very similiar. Wonder what model of Bell they're paddling in that photo.

"Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me, can't get fooled again" - W

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Speckled

01/07/2022 10:25PM

Lately, I've been alternating between these two.

"Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me, can't get fooled again" - W

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Big Tent

01/07/2022 11:29PM

Rainbow over Lake Superior. Not canoe related but close to the BW.

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Spartan2

01/08/2022 06:41AM

Speckled: "
Spartan2: "Fire Lake (I think it is time for a change. I have this on my profile and also my computer and my iPad. Need to look around my files for something else, maybe. But I have always liked it. It sort of makes me feel like I am back there.)

"

I almost thought - that was one of my pics. I've got a few that are very similiar. Wonder what model of Bell they're paddling in that photo."

Wow! In looking at your photo, I see what you mean! It is a Bell Northwind, green (Spartan green) on the outside. We bought it in 1998, and I believe this photo was 2006. The wood doesn't look nearly this good anymore, as we have neglected proper care, and perhaps this is one reason I love this photo so much. Brings back memories of better, easier times.

I have also used the photo below as a desktop photo at another time.

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907Tundra

01/09/2022 02:07AM

Our last paddle of the year in 2021 on Red Shirt Lake near Willow, AK.

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Michwall2

01/09/2022 10:18AM

This is now. I have been working on genealogy since I retired. This is my mom's grandmother.

I have had this one on my desktop before. It's one of my favorites.

I have also used the 2019 Photo Contest winner in the past. Here is link to that thread:

2019 Photo Contest Winner

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hobbydog

01/09/2022 11:09AM

Taken on Seagull Lake 2010

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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iwegean

01/09/2022 12:14PM

Hustler Lake 2014. Two days after the big July storm.

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schweady

01/10/2022 09:24AM

Ely Birches
Along the road near Blue Heron B&B
A fall picture displayed year-round might seem weird, but it has been our iMac desktop photo since October 2018.

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

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30Smoke

01/10/2022 10:02AM

I would have a Desktop photo of the BWCA except for this picture from 2019 on the Yellowstone River just below Gardner. My wife's first Brown trout while fly fishing!

"it is tough to beat a person who doesn't quit" - famous philosopher George Ruth

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SkiYee

01/10/2022 10:40AM

Honestly, I've downloaded DOZENS of photos from the various photo contests, have them all saved in the same folder, and set my computer to use those photos as my background/wallpaper. I also set it so that it changes the photo about every 10 minutes.

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KawnipiKid

01/10/2022 09:37PM

Sea kayaking with two of my sons in 2018. Resurrection Bay, Alaska. Usually have something from the BW/Q.

"The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss your life away on nonsense." Jim Harrison

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PaddleIN

01/11/2022 08:47PM

Malberg Lake, June 2021.

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DMan5501

01/12/2022 09:58AM

Backyard on Park Point... Winter in AZ

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fadersup

01/12/2022 10:42AM

I can't seem to get tired of this one. My wife made it out alive.

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egknuti

01/12/2022 01:48PM

Range River.

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MikeinMpls

01/12/2022 02:19PM

A pine marten in a tree, working on a deer carcass. Taken at a cabin that abuts the BWCA boundary. We named him Barton the Marten.

Mike

I did indeed rock down to Electric Avenue, but I did not take it higher. I regret that.

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MikeinMpls

01/12/2022 02:25PM

I'm going to switch to this: me and the Granite River, circa approximately 1984.

Mike

I did indeed rock down to Electric Avenue, but I did not take it higher. I regret that.

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BearBurrito

01/12/2022 02:37PM

This is what I have

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning

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papalambeau

01/12/2022 02:52PM

PaddleIN: "Malberg Lake, June 2021.
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Great memories of this campsite on Malberg. Back in the late '90's we had a bear come into our camp and made off with the food pack. Only ate all the sweets but left everything else.
Also had a cow moose and calf come through this camp on the same trip.

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BuckSgt2034

01/12/2022 02:55PM

Chad

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lundojam

01/12/2022 08:48PM

LindyLair, that's Wolf Creek Falls. That's where we would go when we skipped out of school in Sandstone.

"Life is not a beauty contest. It is a fishing contest." --me

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DougD

01/12/2022 09:06PM

My wife at Curtain Falls

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Knoozer

01/12/2022 10:48PM

This is by far the best picture of me any photographer has ever captured. everyone who has seen it say I look beautiful.

God let Peter walk on water. To the rest of us He gave knoos.

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goatroti

01/13/2022 07:02AM

My boy Sherman at the mouth of the Albany River January 2018. -35C...who cares?

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RiverFisher

01/13/2022 07:39AM

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MReid

01/13/2022 12:29PM

Minnesotian: "Taken in September 2021 on my month solo trip west. This is from my tent overlooking Death Canyon from the Death Canyon Shelf in Grand Teton National Park."

One of my favorite places in the world. Sometimes I'd get paid to camp on the shelf.

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awbrown

01/13/2022 02:58PM

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

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Twins87

01/13/2022 03:52PM

My favorite campsite on Gaskin from 2016. It's my desktop image on my work computer and on my iPhone.

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squirrelMN

01/14/2022 08:19AM

Fall in the UP. Relaxing by the fire.

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smoke11

01/14/2022 08:28AM

My sons nice Brown trout never gets old.

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davidsos

01/14/2022 09:19AM

Curtain Falls 2010. Never get tired of seeing it when I open my laptop.

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MagicStik

01/14/2022 10:26AM

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MikeinMpls

01/14/2022 10:39AM

Twins87: "

My favorite campsite on Gaskin from 2016. It's my desktop image on my work computer and on my iPhone. "

I know this campsite! Nice photo. I lost my crawlers there one year after a heavy rain. Did you happen to find them?

Mike

I did indeed rock down to Electric Avenue, but I did not take it higher. I regret that.

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Twins87

01/14/2022 11:59AM

MikeinMpls: "
Twins87: "

My favorite campsite on Gaskin from 2016. It's my desktop image on my work computer and on my iPhone. "

I know this campsite! Nice photo. I lost my crawlers there one year after a heavy rain. Did you happen to find them?

Mike"

One of our all-time favorite places but no crawlers on the site. We were slated for a return visit this past August but then forest fires shut things down.

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Unas10

01/14/2022 01:09PM

MagicStik: " "

I like how the guy sitting on the top of the rock is wearing a yellow shirt while the guy sitting on the bottom of the rock is wearing an orange shirt.

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MagicStik

01/14/2022 01:40PM

Unas10: "
MagicStik: " "

I like how the guy sitting on the top of the rock is wearing a yellow shirt while the guy sitting on the bottom of the rock is wearing an orange shirt."

Must have been the sun angle? Looks cool upside down too. I saw my 11 year old son wading out to the rock. He climbed up and just sat there for a few minutes...just soaking up the moment. I know he's ready for a father/son trip now.

Magic

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BearBurrito

01/14/2022 02:00PM

Unas10: "
MagicStik: " "

I like how the guy sitting on the top of the rock is wearing a yellow shirt while the guy sitting on the bottom of the rock is wearing an orange shirt."

LOL, I didn't notice that right away! Thanks for pointing it out.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning

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01/15/2022 06:19AM

The purpose of the journey is not to arrive.

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ducks

01/15/2022 08:04AM

Mine is a collage of photos from a family hike on the Caribou Rock Trail

Ride EZ

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johndku

01/15/2022 09:18AM

MikeinMpls: "

I'm going to switch to this: me and the Granite River, circa approximately 1984.

Mike"

Is that Little Rock Falls?

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Minnesotian

01/17/2022 02:16PM

MReid: "
Minnesotian: "Taken in September 2021 on my month solo trip west. This is from my tent overlooking Death Canyon from the Death Canyon Shelf in Grand Teton National Park."

One of my favorite places in the world. Sometimes I'd get paid to camp on the shelf."

Hiking that 5 miles of shelf has been hands down in the top 3 of all backpacking I have done. Any glance of the scenery was just a wallop of a view, no matter what direction. I would stop and look for a second, soaking it all in, and then just start laughing to myself at the amount of beauty in front of me. It was absurd.

Let me know if you need an assistant the next time you head out to get paid.

"It is more important to live for the possibilities that lie ahead than to die in despair over what has been lost." -Barry Lopez

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Beast388

01/18/2022 06:10PM

My current favorite…….taken in 2021 on LLC….

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MikeinMpls

01/19/2022 10:23AM

johndku: "
MikeinMpls: "

I'm going to switch to this: me and the Granite River, circa approximately 1984.

Mike"

Is that Little Rock Falls?"

I believe so. Or the Blueberry Portage. Sorry, but I can't remember exactly. I've done the Granite River route at least 15 times, so one would assume I'd remember... but I'm getting old.

Mike

I did indeed rock down to Electric Avenue, but I did not take it higher. I regret that.

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bfurlow