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"Katy and Adam
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seek the wilderness..." |
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"Katy Johns
photographed this
beauty of a lakeshore..." |
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"Base Camp #2 on
Clear Lake..." |
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"Outdoorsmen Greg Myers and John Shepard plot a journey from the
Super 8
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"Enjoying one last home-cooked meal
at the Des Moines Cracker Barrel." |
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"Katy
Johns shows off her
nice little Northern Pike.
(Portage dead ahead; we had to release her.
The pike, not Katy...)" |
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Northern Pike..." |
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"A still 6 AM in northern
Minnesota..." |
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"Adam eats his
pike..." |
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hanging in the tent..." |
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"Taylor Petrehn
and Adam Johns
show off the catch of the day..." |
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"Katy Johns
torments her chilled-out brother..." |
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"Adam
practices dock-vaulting
before the wilderness departure..." |
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"Adam Johns
executes a nice jump from
Cliff Island towards Katy's Boyfriend
( the small island in the distance)..." |
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"The kids tossed
Leo Bud into White Iron Lake - -
on his 50th birthday" |
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"Pike lure
detail..." |
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"Here's dinner!!" |
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"Katy Johns
poses on Katy's Rock
next to a beaver
dam..." |
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"Piling off Cliff
Island into Gabbro Lake..." |
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"John Shepard
filters some good Clear Lake
water
with a 1-micron filter..." |
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| "Greg Myers walks
confidently past the canoes that with which he's about to have soon
embarked into the wilderness. With." |
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"Katie and Ellie
Baker pose before
hurling themselves off a cliff..." |
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"Tony and Reagan
Petrehn
get ready to make dinner..." |
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| "Steak,
hamburgers, corn, and Minnesota lake water - - yummy!! |
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"Resting weary
bones at the
Des Moines Cracker Barrel..." |
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"John and Keegan
Shepard and
Audrey Myers approach on Gabbro Lake." |
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| "Katie Baker
executes a form-perfect Layout into White Iron Lake... |
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"Katy and Adam
Johns ponder anew the ineffable wonders of God's creation - -
Psalm 8: 3-4" |
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"Spectators watch
in amazement at John Shepard's Preacher Seat splash dive..." |
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"An
unexpected rain cools off John Shepard and Tony Petrehn
as they exit Clear Lake via portage." |
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"Taylor Petrehn and Adam Johns
prepare for the nightly 9:20 mosquito onslaught." |
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"Tony
organizes the retrieval of a
Clear Lake flag pole from
Blueberry Island." |
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"Adam,
Taylor, Katie, Keegan, and Ellie enjoy a refreshing swim near
Cliff Island on Gabbro Lake." |
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"Tony
fires up some tasty Pike Fillets
for din-din - - for the waiting Taylor and Keegan." |
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"After
her din-din, Keegan Shepard relaxes in
the quiet of the Northern Minnesota evening..." |
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Tony relaxes at 7:10 PM with some Lake Water Mocha..." |
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"Taylor and Reagan spark up their tackle to try and catch some
Northern Walleye." |
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"Taylor prepares himself for the
nightly mosquito attack." |
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"Grizzley 50-Boy Bud Johns finally comes home again
to see
Corey and Melinda..." |
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Map of parts of the Boundary Waters
Canoe Wilderness
near Ely, Minnesota.
(trip itinerary and path markers coming soon...)
we'll show you exactly where we were and when!! |
