After a pancake breakfast, we pack up and lo and behold we have a new visitor. A large doe and small fawn come down just south of to drink from the lake. We watch them for a while and head out. It’s a very uneventful trip out, but we stop at The Boathouse in Ely for burgers. After lunch we visit the Bear Center just south of Ely and arrive home sunburned, tired and full of smiles.

Our youngest daughter, Grace, will be six next year, which means she gets to come with! We’re going to make it an easy trip, like we did for Dorothy on her first one last year. We’re thinking of hitting up the Lake One entrance and going down the Kawishiwi River.