After Driving most of the night down Dirt roads shooting the spotlight in every
swamp/lake/field, and after seeing limited wildlife (baby deer, Bats, Fox, Heron), we finally had luck back on Hwy1. Five miles north of Finland, for about 3 miles appears to be Moose Land! We saw 2-3 different males and
a mother and her calf along the way! We couldn't believe it, one after another.
Giant Black Creepy masses slowly hulking along the swampy shoulders. Tried hard to get pictures, but with the slow exposure time at night, we didn't have much luck!
-Joe
Mega-fancy camera, and this is all miranda can get of a moose?!
The Baptism Falls. OOOoooo nice exposure Miranda!
A Hermit Thrush we saw along the way.
Creepy section of Superior Hiking Trail at dusk.
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Today I went to my parents' to make a strawberry pie. Sara really wanted me to post a picture of my pie after I made it, so here you go.
-Miranda
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Today we went Scuba Diving up at Lake Ore-Be-Gone in Gilbert. Miranda's Dad came with and helped Miranda learn how to get down deep.. Since I am unable to clear my ears properly yet. Miranda did great, going down to around 30 feet with her dad. I only got down to around 20 and my ears are still hurting.. We used up all of our air in about an hour and a half. Chased fishes and navigated underwater trees, along with viewing some of the "scuba sights" of old railway cars and boat motors. It was Miranda's sister Sara's Birthday, so we had some of her great strawberry pie and ice cream cake after. Boy she is "Big".. (Almost Due! less than month).
Afterwords, we used Sara's son Hudson as a subject for testing our cameras. He's very swift and agile prey.. We decided Miranda's camera is much less "Grainy" and far better at catching "Action" shots.. (I could never get him while he was in the air).
-Joe
Purple line shows our short path from the beach.
An Hudsonian action shot. (He thinks he can fly!). Wow he can fly!!
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Since Joe and I had driven up to his mom's after our Eagle Mountain hike, we all went for a hike north of Ely. The trails seemed to be mostly for cross-country skiing, but they were great hike. There were many different loops to choose from. In the end, Joe, his mom, Odie, and I hiked about 4 miles.
-Miranda
We saw a few deer and a strange wildflower I had not remembered seeing? turned out to be a "Heal-all". Trailhead was near: 47°58'51"N 91°58'59"W
-Joe
A wetland area we passed. Odie is in the water.
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Joe and I drove up to the Boundary Waters to hike up Eagle Mountain, the highest point in Minnesota. It was a nice 3.5 mile hike. Busy weekend though, we passed quite a number of groups along the way. After the hike we decided that we would drive to his mother's house instead of going home. Along the way we saw a Ruffed Grouse and her babies, Ravens, and a cute baby coyote. The most excitement was when we almost hit a moose! Unfortunately we were unable to back the car up to try to get a picture.
-Miranda
We also updated our Fell in River, Broke Camera entry with some pictures off of the fixed camera below! Eagle Mountain is @ 47°53'51"N 90°33'39"W
-Joe
Joe and I on top of Eagle Mountain.
The view from top.
There was a plaque at the top as well as this marker.
Even after 7 years since the wind storm in the BWCAW, there is still evidence that it occurred.
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