Quetico Adventure Continues

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On our way up we stopped in at Amnicon Falls State Park did a short hike around the falls.

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There was a very cute bridge over a narrow passage.

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We were feeling adventurous and made the decsion to detour and make a run up the north shore of lake Superior. The weather was outstading and there ere a couple of light houses in route we wanted to see.

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Our detour took to a road that was closed, so we really were on a detour. We named it the "detour from hell" as we left the pavement and hit gravel and then dirt. 30 plus miles... blah.

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We made it of the detour and arived in Ely, Mn. shortly there after and hooked up with our outfitter. We originally had six in our party and the other 4 needed to rent canoes. When they bailed on us, we were beholding to the outfitter to take one of the rened canoes. A Souris River Quetico 17 in kevlar. It was old and beat up. The bottom oil canned, but it did the job. I eneded up really liking by the end.

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On our way to the put in, we encountered a moose on the hwy. The picture is a bit blurry do to the lighting. He was huge and trotted off ino the woods.

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The rest of the early evening we sorted gear and downsized our load. Our plan was to get our gear down to a one haul carry. Our present state: A triple carry... We worked the magic and got a manageable load. We were good to go.
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We headed back into Ely for dinner. We hit this cute resturant the Cranberry, threw back a couple of brews and had dinner. We were planning to get out on the water early the next morning so we headed back to the bunkhouse on Moose lake.
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Ely, Mn - a nice place to visit, would'nt mind living there 8 out of 10 - The Capt'n