We broke camp at 6:00AM and made the 3 mile paddle back to Seagull Outfitters at 7:00AM in still, quite waters. The trip covered 1,392 rods in portages and approximately 36 miles round trip. As we made our leisurely morning paddle back to the dock at Seagull, I would focus on the whirlpools of water from my paddle stroke and imagined the water pulling/calling us back into itself. I have a great deal of pride in my two boys - their effort and work on this trip. I would look to the front of my canoe at my boys and could visualize time also being drawn into the whirlpools. The moments we can spend like the week in the BWCA with my boys are fleeting and brief. I have a melancholy memory of that morning. Time marches by and doesn’t wait for us. Times like these with my two young boys will soon end, but the good time we made on this adventure into the woods will last beyond me in their memories. The time spent brings me a joy beyond description – a legacy is left.