I have never been anywhere that is quite like the boundary waters
it is completely untouched
no roads, just portages and canoes
people like cannot build houses or cut down trees
they can just like enjoy camping or hiking
or swimming and doing all those outdoor activities
no traffic or anybody talking and no doors
peaceful and serene
just wide open nature
A place where you can reflect
with my family, we go camping a lot but
the Boundary Waters is a lot different
you carry everything with you, you make all your food, you
make all your warmth
you feel more connected
I think it is a lot better when friends come
I have been seeing stars when I went camping
I like to climb trees a little
you can swim, you can fish, you can do a lot of things there
Well it is very fun to go Swimming
I like swimming too!
Swimming!
playing on the islands is really fun because they have berries
wild berries are really good
probably my favorite part is when we portaged really far
into another lake
and then we go ice fishing and catch some pretty big lake trout
what really stood out was like the fishing, like how big the
fish actually were
I caught a big fish
I almost got pulled out of a canoe from a northern
one time
it is definitely worth coming out here because it is really
beautiful all the wildlife
We saw some deer, I think a few of us saw some moose
I thought I would see like one or two beaver dams, but I saw
like 10
We saw a lot of loons, you know the state bird
Those are really cool cause they would come up and make all their noises
and then they would just dive down for however long
a bald eagle swooped down about 10 feet away from us,
it was really cool
I have only seen pictures of stuff like that
We found chipmunks
we put our food in like a bear system
so bears do not eat it
when we hear the pots a wake up we come out of our tent
going roar
come out screaming and they usually get scared and go away
we got to see like the rocks with the paintings on them
I thought that was really neat
I thought it was amazing that those pictographs were
still there
and they were red and there was moose and handprints
and like little people
so it made me really happy to see them because it reminded me
of my ancestors being there and
me being there again, made me really excited
it had been there for thousands of years and it was great that
we could
have a chance to see it and to explore
you will see a few people every once in a while, just
piling around in their canoes
Well canoeing is really fun, once you like learn how,
all the basics
you want to paddle from your core and not your arms
you also do not want to cross the paddle over your body, you
want to keep it straight up
as much as you can, and just really work from your core
do not lean one way the whole time cause you will eventually
tip over
for sure bring lots and lots of clothes cause it is really cold
when you go in the winter
Bring two pairs of shoes one will always be wet
I did not know what portaging was until my first time going
to the Boundary Waters
but this time I just knew how to do it and so I carried the
canoe over the rocks and
everything like a pro
there is also in the Boundary Waters a serenity thing
where you do not want to be too loud, we have this rule
leave no trace
so you just leave everything how you saw it
If you come to a camp, pick up everything, even if somebody
had left a piece of garbage
might as well take that with
there were a lot of good things happening
it was just a fun experience and being able to
cooperate with everybody too
like as a team and not just individually
I learned how to build a fire that will boil water very fast
My favorite part of it is people, fishing and the
cooking
It was really fun
I do not think I could have spent my summer any better
I want to do it more
It was cool
it was really fun, but at the same time it was hard work
Challenging and totally worth it
Life starts, when you go to the end of your comfort zone
and going out into the woods, the wilderness for a while
really helps you figure that out
Wilderness!