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SkiYee
01/10/2022 10:40AM
 
Honestly, I've downloaded DOZENS of photos from the various photo contests, have them all saved in the same folder, and set my computer to use those photos as my background/wallpaper. I also set it so that it changes the photo about every 10 minutes.
 
schweady
01/10/2022 09:24AM
 
Ely Birches
Along the road near Blue Heron B&B
A fall picture displayed year-round might seem weird, but it has been our iMac desktop photo since October 2018.


 
30Smoke
01/10/2022 10:02AM
 

I would have a Desktop photo of the BWCA except for this picture from 2019 on the Yellowstone River just below Gardner. My wife's first Brown trout while fly fishing!
 
KawnipiKid
01/10/2022 09:37PM
 



Sea kayaking with two of my sons in 2018. Resurrection Bay, Alaska. Usually have something from the BW/Q.
 
907Tundra
01/09/2022 02:07AM
 



Our last paddle of the year in 2021 on Red Shirt Lake near Willow, AK.
 
hobbydog
01/09/2022 11:09AM
 
Taken on Seagull Lake 2010



 
iwegean
01/09/2022 12:14PM
 
Hustler Lake 2014. Two days after the big July storm.
 
pamonster
01/07/2022 09:56AM
 



What can I say, the kid loves trees
 
PJ
01/15/2022 06:19AM
 



 
PaddleIN
01/11/2022 08:47PM
 
Malberg Lake, June 2021.

 
DougD
01/12/2022 09:06PM
 



My wife at Curtain Falls
 
RiverFisher
01/13/2022 07:39AM
 

 
Knoozer
01/12/2022 10:48PM
 
This is by far the best picture of me any photographer has ever captured. everyone who has seen it say I look beautiful.
 
BonzSF
01/07/2022 02:30PM
 
I had this one for a while. Sunrise on Birch


Then I changed to Yosemite Nevada Falls


I'll probably switch back to a BWCA photo from last trip as we get closer to the next trip's departure day. 223 days to go!
 
awbrown
01/13/2022 02:58PM
 

 
Twins87
01/13/2022 03:52PM
 








My favorite campsite on Gaskin from 2016. It's my desktop image on my work computer and on my iPhone.
 
analyzer
01/20/2022 07:36PM
 
smoke11: "
My sons nice Brown trout never gets old."



I really like that picture. Something about it reaches out to me.
 
johndku
01/15/2022 09:18AM
 
MikeinMpls: "



I'm going to switch to this: me and the Granite River, circa approximately 1984.



Mike"



Is that Little Rock Falls?
 
fadersup
01/12/2022 10:42AM
 
I can't seem to get tired of this one. My wife made it out alive.



 
Scout64
01/19/2022 01:10PM
 



sipping coffee on Snipe Lake
 
DMan5501
01/12/2022 09:58AM
 
Backyard on Park Point... Winter in AZ
 
BearBurrito
01/12/2022 02:37PM
 



This is what I have
 
MikeinMpls
01/19/2022 10:23AM
 
johndku: "MikeinMpls: "




I'm going to switch to this: me and the Granite River, circa approximately 1984.




Mike"




Is that Little Rock Falls?"



I believe so. Or the Blueberry Portage. Sorry, but I can't remember exactly. I've done the Granite River route at least 15 times, so one would assume I'd remember... but I'm getting old.


Mike
 
davidsos
01/14/2022 09:19AM
 
Curtain Falls 2010. Never get tired of seeing it when I open my laptop.
 
MReid
01/13/2022 12:29PM
 
Minnesotian: "Taken in September 2021 on my month solo trip west. This is from my tent overlooking Death Canyon from the Death Canyon Shelf in Grand Teton National Park."
One of my favorite places in the world. Sometimes I'd get paid to camp on the shelf.
 
bfurlow
01/19/2022 11:15AM
 

Here is mine. From a few years back, getting close to Baker Lake landing.
 
ducks
01/15/2022 08:04AM
 
Mine is a collage of photos from a family hike on the Caribou Rock Trail
 
Minnesotian
01/17/2022 02:16PM
 
MReid: "Minnesotian: "Taken in September 2021 on my month solo trip west. This is from my tent overlooking Death Canyon from the Death Canyon Shelf in Grand Teton National Park."
One of my favorite places in the world. Sometimes I'd get paid to camp on the shelf."



Hiking that 5 miles of shelf has been hands down in the top 3 of all backpacking I have done. Any glance of the scenery was just a wallop of a view, no matter what direction. I would stop and look for a second, soaking it all in, and then just start laughing to myself at the amount of beauty in front of me. It was absurd.


Let me know if you need an assistant the next time you head out to get paid.
 
sedges
01/07/2022 01:38PM
 
Not canoe related, but the Tugaloo River is in the background. One of my favorite birds. It has been my desktop for almost a year. Time to find a new one!

 
papalambeau
01/07/2022 09:36AM
 
Love the cedar strip! I sold mine a few years ago and still miss it but love paddling the Northstar.
 
TuscaroraBorealis
01/07/2022 09:52AM
 

 
PeaceFrog
01/07/2022 11:08AM
 
Not On my computer desk top but certainly on my "desk top". My kids are a bit older but some favorites non the less.
 
PineKnot
01/07/2022 10:55AM
 
Photo from July 2009 on North Bay after a great evening of topwater fishing for smallmouth.....







 
KarlBAndersen1
01/07/2022 09:04AM
 
I just had this idea while watching a download take place on one of my pcs -
What does everyone have on their desk top for a photo?
Are yours canoe related?
(It might also make a good "Topic of the Month")
It might give us all something to look at and think warm thoughts.
This is mine - I think this was on Caribou:

 
JWilder
01/07/2022 11:16AM
 



Certainly not canoe country. But I share it because it is my current desk top photo of outdoor habitat and well, it is my “Listening Point”.


JW
 
smoke11
01/07/2022 11:01AM
 

This is my current one.
 
TrailZen
01/07/2022 11:34AM
 
My desktop photo is from Quetico's Sarah Lake:





TZ
 
cyclones30
01/07/2022 12:40PM
 
One computer is a drone picture I took of the Miss River around here this summer. The other computer has my german shorthair on point
 
A1t2o
01/07/2022 01:14PM
 
Taken in May of 2020 on Saganaga



 
lindylair
01/07/2022 01:24PM
 





I seem to change mine every couple months or so. This is from Banning State Park in central MN and one of my favorite spots in MN
 
sedges
01/07/2022 08:38PM
 
lindylair: "Slightly OT...



Sedges, what kind of bird is that? Looks similar to a Cedar Waxwing but not quite the same. One of my favorite birds too and I have some nice shots I have used for my desktop off and on. "



That is a Cedar Waxwing. We get some big flocks wintering in north GA. They are also very rare residents.
 
Tony
01/07/2022 08:53PM
 








These are the two that I have on my phone they're from 2018 so I should probably update them with new screensavers.


Tony
 
Big Tent
01/07/2022 11:29PM
 



Rainbow over Lake Superior. Not canoe related but close to the BW.
 
Spartan2
01/07/2022 01:04PM
 
Fire Lake (I think it is time for a change. I have this on my profile and also my computer and my iPad. Need to look around my files for something else, maybe. But I have always liked it. It sort of makes me feel like I am back there.)


 
Banksiana
01/07/2022 09:04PM
 

 
Stichy64
01/07/2022 05:41PM
 
This is mine. It was the first time to the BW for both boys. Good memories!
 
Lightfoot
01/07/2022 06:11PM
 
Have this one on this computer.


Getting ready to load-up on John Lake.



 
beanpole
01/07/2022 06:19PM
 
My home computer has my childhood dream come true (I got to be Han Solo with my own Wookiee).








My work computer has a photo from a campsite on our first Boundary Waters trip.



 
Ohiopikeman
01/07/2022 07:41PM
 



Picture from Alaska's Innoko River June 2018. All four of us were simultaneously battling our own northern pike. You can see our Ally Pack Canoes that served us well for the trip.
 
dogwoodgirl
01/07/2022 06:15PM
 
Miss Amelia and my boots, on the SHT.



 
Minnesotian
01/07/2022 06:26PM
 
Taken in September 2021 on my month solo trip west. This is from my tent overlooking Death Canyon from the Death Canyon Shelf in Grand Teton National Park.






 
MHS67
01/07/2022 06:31PM
 

I took this because of the reflection of Rock Mountain off the lake. Taken in the spring on the ranch.
 
lindylair
01/07/2022 06:58PM
 
Slightly OT...


Sedges, what kind of bird is that? Looks similar to a Cedar Waxwing but not quite the same. One of my favorite birds too and I have some nice shots I have used for my desktop off and on.
 
Speckled
01/07/2022 10:24PM
 
Spartan2: "Fire Lake (I think it is time for a change. I have this on my profile and also my computer and my iPad. Need to look around my files for something else, maybe. But I have always liked it. It sort of makes me feel like I am back there.)


"



I almost thought - that was one of my pics. I've got a few that are very similiar. Wonder what model of Bell they're paddling in that photo.
 
Spartan2
01/08/2022 06:41AM
 
Speckled: "Spartan2: "Fire Lake (I think it is time for a change. I have this on my profile and also my computer and my iPad. Need to look around my files for something else, maybe. But I have always liked it. It sort of makes me feel like I am back there.)



"




I almost thought - that was one of my pics. I've got a few that are very similiar. Wonder what model of Bell they're paddling in that photo."



Wow! In looking at your photo, I see what you mean! It is a Bell Northwind, green (Spartan green) on the outside. We bought it in 1998, and I believe this photo was 2006. The wood doesn't look nearly this good anymore, as we have neglected proper care, and perhaps this is one reason I love this photo so much. Brings back memories of better, easier times.


I have also used the photo below as a desktop photo at another time.



 
TomT
01/07/2022 10:03PM
 
Banksiana: " "


Looks smokey. Is it from this past summer?
 
Speckled
01/07/2022 10:25PM
 




Lately, I've been alternating between these two.
 
Michwall2
01/09/2022 10:18AM
 
This is now. I have been working on genealogy since I retired. This is my mom's grandmother.







I have had this one on my desktop before. It's one of my favorites.









I have also used the 2019 Photo Contest winner in the past. Here is link to that thread:


2019 Photo Contest Winner
 
goatroti
01/13/2022 07:02AM
 
My boy Sherman at the mouth of the Albany River January 2018. -35C...who cares?


 
egknuti
01/12/2022 01:48PM
 
Range River.
 
BuckSgt2034
01/12/2022 02:55PM
 

 
lundojam
01/12/2022 08:48PM
 
LindyLair, that's Wolf Creek Falls. That's where we would go when we skipped out of school in Sandstone.
 
papalambeau
01/12/2022 02:52PM
 
PaddleIN: "Malberg Lake, June 2021.
"

Great memories of this campsite on Malberg. Back in the late '90's we had a bear come into our camp and made off with the food pack. Only ate all the sweets but left everything else.
Also had a cow moose and calf come through this camp on the same trip.
 
MikeinMpls
01/12/2022 02:19PM
 



A pine marten in a tree, working on a deer carcass. Taken at a cabin that abuts the BWCA boundary. We named him Barton the Marten.


Mike
 
MikeinMpls
01/12/2022 02:25PM
 



I'm going to switch to this: me and the Granite River, circa approximately 1984.


Mike
 
smoke11
01/14/2022 08:28AM
 

My sons nice Brown trout never gets old.
 
squirrelMN
01/14/2022 08:19AM
 



Fall in the UP. Relaxing by the fire.
 
Twins87
01/14/2022 11:59AM
 
MikeinMpls: "Twins87: "





My favorite campsite on Gaskin from 2016. It's my desktop image on my work computer and on my iPhone. "




I know this campsite! Nice photo. I lost my crawlers there one year after a heavy rain. Did you happen to find them?



Mike"



One of our all-time favorite places but no crawlers on the site. We were slated for a return visit this past August but then forest fires shut things down.
 
Unas10
01/14/2022 01:09PM
 
MagicStik: " "



I like how the guy sitting on the top of the rock is wearing a yellow shirt while the guy sitting on the bottom of the rock is wearing an orange shirt.
 
BearBurrito
01/14/2022 02:00PM
 
Unas10: "MagicStik: " "




I like how the guy sitting on the top of the rock is wearing a yellow shirt while the guy sitting on the bottom of the rock is wearing an orange shirt."



LOL, I didn't notice that right away! Thanks for pointing it out.
 
Beast388
01/18/2022 06:10PM
 
My current favorite…….taken in 2021 on LLC….
 
analyzer
01/20/2022 07:45PM
 
lindylair: "





I seem to change mine every couple months or so. This is from Banning State Park in central MN and one of my favorite spots in MN"



Wow, that's really pretty!!
 
Jaywalker
01/20/2022 03:54PM
 


 
wrestlencanoe
01/20/2022 07:01PM
 
Just something about the big lake.

 
analyzer
01/20/2022 07:31PM
 

 
EddyTurn
01/07/2022 02:37PM
 



Temagami, Wolf lake
 
TomT
01/07/2022 02:37PM
 
Luna with her first frisbee



 
MagicStik
01/14/2022 10:26AM
 

 
MagicStik
01/14/2022 01:40PM
 
Unas10: "MagicStik: " "




I like how the guy sitting on the top of the rock is wearing a yellow shirt while the guy sitting on the bottom of the rock is wearing an orange shirt."



Must have been the sun angle? Looks cool upside down too. I saw my 11 year old son wading out to the rock. He climbed up and just sat there for a few minutes...just soaking up the moment. I know he's ready for a father/son trip now.




Magic
 
MikeinMpls
01/14/2022 10:39AM
 
Twins87: "




My favorite campsite on Gaskin from 2016. It's my desktop image on my work computer and on my iPhone. "



I know this campsite! Nice photo. I lost my crawlers there one year after a heavy rain. Did you happen to find them?


Mike