Each summer my wife and I fly down to Minnesota from Alaska to visit family. For the past three summers we have included a trip to the Boundary Waters in our plans. Our first trip was with my wife’s family to Knife Lake. There was nine of us ranging from age 23 to 79. With this in mind we took a tow on Moose and went as far as Eddy Falls on Knife. A fair amount of paddling and not too much portaging. We had good weather and enjoyed the opportunity to travel in the wilderness with family. The following summer we planned a trip to the Gunflint area with my sister and brother-in-law. We wanted to see a new area and to simply the logistics by having just four people. We did however bring our dog Finn along down from Alaska. We had a great time doing a loop to Cherokee Lake from Tuscarora Lodge. Wanting to keep experimenting, we decided to explore the Echo Trail area this year and chose the Little Indian Sioux EP. Knowing we like to travel a little harder than most of our friends and family we planned this trip just for us and Fin.