BWCA Canoe Trip, May 2021 - Lizz Lake Entry 

Thanks for watching Dan!

@@HamerNaturePhotos You're welcome!

Thanks for watching, have a great trip in May!

Thanks Jay! I plan to continue making trips and slide shows as long as possible :-)

Donald, thanks for watching and feedback! This was the 3rd time I had been through the area, I agree it is nice, plus fairly easy to access. My only gripe was how busy Horseshoe was... both leaving and returning, we took the last site on Horseshoe.

Thanks for watching and commenting Steve! Have a great trip in the spring! Where are you going in!

Thanks for watching and commenting Mark! We were surprised how full Horseshoe was both going in and coming out... maybe better this year with reduced quotas. Have a great trip!

Thanks Mike, wow, I couldn't ask for a nicer comment... sounds like maybe I wrote it myself ;-) But seriously, the Boundary Waters is such a special place, with beauty nearly everywhere I look. I hope to get up there at least a couple times again in 2024!

@@HamerNaturePhotos I am planning a similar trip from the same entry point in September. The three of us are using this video as inspriration!

Thanks Mike, we like the EP too... our 3rd trip there.

Thanks Kirk, I really appreciate your comments! Also thanks for your concern... it sure has been a strange year, I feel blessed to have been able to get in 2 trips in 2020 and possibly 3 in 2021.

Thanks for watching and commenting Donald! 'In the Rain' came directly from the 'Every Scratch Tells a Story' CD. The 'Wabikimi' and The Spirit of Fishdance Lake' instrumental versions may have come from Jerry directly, by request... I forget for sure. One thing I do know, his music adds a lot of feeling to a Boundary Waters slide show!

@@HamerNaturePhotos yes it does. I had the pleasure of spending 4 days on the Current River in MO with Jerry and Caitlin his fiddle player a few weeks ago. It was a great week. I was supposed to go to the Boundary Waters with him in August but had to back out because on my wife illness. We are going to try again next year. Keep up the great video work. I really enjoy it.

@@DonaldGKelly-ci3fx Pretty cool you could paddle with Jerry and Caitlin! Prayers for your wife too.

Thanks Don! If you are in Iowa then you've experienced both drought and near monsoon weather... well monsoon is an exageration, but it has been raining a lot :-)

Thanks! Fewest bugs ever for a spring trip... no skeeters and some black flies but they weren't biting (much). Weather was all over the place... highest high was 85 and the lowest low was 29. Swivel chari is great!

Thanks Larry! The site on Horseshoe was the last one open on the lake, both times! I agree it's rather small but had it's own out-of-the-way charm.

@@HamerNaturePhotos I've stayed on that site twice. The first time there were 4 of us in 2 tents. Awfully crowded. To top things off, it was a wet & snowy trip in early October so tarps were necessary. Very crowded. The 2nd time, I was solo. On that trip, I was able to appreciate its "out-of-the-way charm". At least there were only 2 of you on this trip. That made it more manageable than it would have been with your usual crew.

@@HamerNaturePhotos we were there two weeks later under the same circumstances (crowded). What did you think about the latrine path?

@@raykasal7969 You mean the steep trail (site in SE corner of Horseshoe) where you need climbing gear to go up? Ok, that's a bit of an exageration but I'm glad I didn't have to make a quick trip up there in the dark :-)

@@HamerNaturePhotos Haha, yes thats the one!!

Thanks Gary! Star gazing was a challenge this year... bright moon and clouds conspired. Have a great trip!

@@HamerNaturePhotos Hi Gary, Yes we did have a nice trip. We went all the way into Gaskin on Day 1, camping on the island on the NW side of the lake. Horseshoe was full, and so was most of Gaskin. We stayed there 3 days, mainly because days 2 and 3 were quite windy. Day 4 we came back and stayed on Caribou the last night, where we had a great view of the lake with a family of 5 bald eagles flying overhead. Overall, a very relaxing trip with more time for reading than usual.

@@garyschneider7203 Sounds like a good trip! It seems Horseshoe is a destination for many people, hence overcrowding... I wonder if the FS needs to reduce permits? Last week we were on Pipe and Homer Lakes and had lots of wind too... it really limited our fishing. The bald eagle family sounds really cool!

Thanks for watching and the kind comments! The wind storm wasn't huge by historic standards, but it was enough to take down some weak trees ... glad we weren't on the water while it was blowing!

Thanks James, I agree it's a beautiful area!

Thanks, I stuck a little bit of everything into the slide show... including myself :-)