After pushing it pretty hard for the last few days we found ourselves really enjoying the natural beauty of Ottertrack Lake.  With the sun slowly dipping behind the horizon and a near full moon brightening the evening sky Matt and I head out for an evening paddle.  The water was like glass as we listened to the loons echoing off the surrounding trees and cliffs.  Matt was doing a little fishing along the edge of the lake as we paddled along.  Even now I can still remember the sound of the paddle dip into the water as we glided around Ottertrack.

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With the sun still shining over head and a gentle breeze keeping us cool we continued to paddle west along the voyagers highway.  Leaving Horsetail falls we work our way across Saganaga Lake using the islands as a buffer from the wind.  Leaving Saganaga we pass through Swamp lake on into Otter Track Lake where we stop for the evening.  All in all it was a great day out on the water in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

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We awoke to a beautiful day.  The sun was shining with puffs of white clouds scattered across the sky.  We left our campsite in Gneiss and continued west towards Saganaga Lake.  We encounter a rugged portage and some beautiful scenery at Horse Tail Rapids.

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After a day of high winds and a steady rain we leave from Rose Lake on our way west along the Voyagers Highway.  The high bluffs along side the lakes makes for some beautiful scenery.  We find a campsite on North Fowl Lake right across from a Loon nest.  We get a nice glimpse of the egg as well as a chance to see the mother waddle her way up on to the nest.

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Our big trip for the summer begins on the eastern edge of the BWCAW in John Lake.  Our plan is to follow the “Voyagers Highway” through the historic border lakes as we paddle west.  We head out from John lake through the Royal River in to South Fowl Lake then northwest into North Fowl Lake and end the episode on Moose Lake.

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Leaving Lower Basswood Falls we head south paddling up the Horse River.  Emerging from the thick vegetation along the sides of the river we catch a glimpse of a deer nibbling its way along the shore.  The glass like water made for an enjoyable paddle as we find a group of turtles sunning themselves on a log.

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Day three on our trip into Lac LaCroix we took off early in the morning in search of Warrior Hill and some vivid pictographs.  We paddled across calm waters and under sunny skies.  There were a couple of bald eagles chattering away in a tree nearby.

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We set out on our second day in Lac La Croix with the goal of visiting Curtain Falls.  We had heard how beautiful it was and were really excited to check it out.  We had a few portages and a little paddling to get there from boulder bay so we set off early in the morning.

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