It was gorgeous up there!! Clear water, evergreen forests, island-studded lakes, moss-covered boulders, ferns, white-barked birch trees, and more species of evergreens than I knew existed. The woods smelled like a Christmas tree lot in December. There are so many shades of green that Sherwin Williams could base a paint line on the place and call it the Boundary Waters Collection. As a group we saw a moose, otters, beaver, loons and other water fowl and birds, and a few pesky mice around the campsite. We had no bear entanglements but we did see a fresh track on a portage trail. Weather was mixed. 60's and mostly sunny on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday with lows in 40s. Windy (around 25 MPH), cold (below freezing at night), and rainy on Tuesday until mid-day. It was rainy Thursday again so we came out a day early, before a cold front moved in that we heard later was bringing snow. The weather is very changeable there with little warning.