On our first day (pre-first day may be more appropriate), we saw a trio of foxes on the Gunflint Trail. We stopped for a quick picture. They were definitely curious and begging for food. We also spotted a mama moose and her calf not 10 minutes after seeing the foxes. It was a very eventful mile stretch of the Gunflint Trail because we happened to see our first ever pileated woodpecker very shortly after mama moose and her calf. Beyond the wildlife on the Gunflint Trail, we saw and heard countless loons, eagles, several owls at night (or maybe it was just one owl who enjoyed our company and followed us around lake to lake?), and we were even fortunate enough to hear a pack of wolves singing one starry night. The fishing was great but the wildlife that we saw and heard on this first trip was way beyond what I was expecting. Why did we ever have to leave?