Boundary Waters Families

What fun! Our weekly Boundary Waters Families Paddle and Lunch event this past week was a great success - lots of fun! We took families out to an island in Poplar Lake to visit a campground, enjoy a picnic lunch, and learn a little about camping in the wilderness. Here, Mike and Sean are just starting out with guests for the island. Our other summer intern, Brandi, was waiting on the island with lunch. The families had a great time, and so did we!

MOOSE!

The moose are out! We've been seeing them all over the place - as we're driving down the Gunflint Trail, hiking on the South Lake Trail, on our way to drop off or pick up canoe trips - all over the mid-Trail area! And... they've mostly been bull moose - big ones! It's exciting to see so many bull moose around... and good to see a couple cows too - one of them has twins!

We're also seeing quite a few "teenage" bears - apparently the mama bears have kicked out the yearling cubs and they're also wandering around here trying to make it on their own. It's definitely a good idea to hang your food pack out of their way - they're looking for food!

And... it's finally warm around here, too!

Great week!

Lots of things going on the past few days! Boy Scout Troop 152 from Sioux Falls, SD had a wonderful six day trip from Cross Bay to Rockwood - here they are on the beach at Rockwood unloading and sorting through their stuff. Great bunch of Scouts!

In the meantime, all the cabins were full and everyone was having fun - lots of canoeing, fishing, and relaxing happening around the resort.

Another group of guests ran into a whole mess of walleye on their canoe trip - caught enough to take home! Congrats to the Engelmeyers on finding some VERY nice fish!

Lawn mowing season has arrived!

In other words, the grass is growing, the trees are leafing out, there are a few flowers blooming - it's gorgeous up here at Rockwood! The fish are cooperating - some of the time - but then that's why they call it fishing? One of our guests got several nice bass off the dock in front of this cabin.

Our summer staff has arrived and are quickly getting into the swing of helping run a small family resort in the wilderness - so lots of little projects are getting done.

And, to make things even more interesting, there's a good sized bull moose wandering along the South Lake Trail just across the road!